Ch. 23

When it comes to Barbie dolls, Iranian toy seller Masoumela Rahimi thinks they are worst than America's missiles. "Barbie's revealing clothing, her shapely appearance, and her close association with Ken, her longtime unmarried companion, were foreign to Iran's culture". Barbie is a very influential icon in American culture and for decades, children have idolize and wanted to have that kind of lavish lifestyle. But Rahimi is right, Barbie is a bad influence on the West because she is a symbol for have materialistic things, and brainwashes people to strive for materialistic things as well. In today's society we are so obsessed with goals of this nature that we have become trapped in an on going cycle of wanting to have a glamorous life. We should start focusing more on the things that truly matter and produce a produce a symbol for that.