Barbie and the More Factor
Barbie and the More Factor I went to a ToysRus this weekend to buy a birthday gift for my baby cousin; while in the store I deiced to look at the Barbie section of the toy store, I wanted to see if there where new accessories to go with the doll I once played with. ... Evaluating all of her accessories made me think of Shames essay, on the more factor. Until that day in the toy store I had never realized that Barbie had everything any American would want or ever need. Barbie has a dream house, a never-ending wardrobe, cars for every event and she a perfect little circle of friends. With Shames essay in mind I came to the conclusion that Barbie embodies not only Americans traditional gender roles as well as consumerist ethos, because it illustrates Shames "hunger for more. ... Barbie has become an example of this "hunger for more" because Mattel continues to manufacture accessories for Barbie and consumers to consume them. I took a few of Barbies accessories and analyzed them to see to what degree they fit the "more factor". Barbies first accessory I evaluated that showed Shames "more factor" was her three-story dream house appropriately named this house had everything. ... The outside of the house is also perfect, Barbie has a pool and a spa, and a tree car garage.