Being Happy With The Small Things In Life
In "Barbie-Q," Sandra Cisneros chooses a particular point of view in order to communicate the central points of this story. The story is narrated by one of the two young girls who are the main characters. The story begins with the following: "Yours is the one with mean eyes and a ponytail." "Mine is the one with bubble hair." (Cisneros 576) This clearly shows that the narrator is indeed one of the girls. Another part of the story reads, "Every time the same story. Your Barbie is roommates with my Barbie, and my Barbie's boyfriend comes over and your Barbie steals him," (576) This again shows that the narrator is one of the young girls because she uses words like mine and yours. There are also many other instances throughout the story that prove she is the narrator.
The main point of the story, in my opinion, is to be happy with what you have just like the girls were. The story says, "But that's all we can afford, besides one extra......
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