According to Claire Bates, 15 million people get plastic surgery every year just to fit in and look nice, such as liposuction, facelift, cheek enhancement. Marge Piercy’s poem, “Barbie Doll,” talks about a little girl that grew up with confidence until puberty hit her and her classmates made fun of her. She tried as much as she could to make them like her, but she ended up dead in a casket. The theme of the poem is that the people around you will judge you, but in the end, all that matters is that you accept yourself for what you’ve become. Piercy’s use of figurative language and the shifts portrays the theme of the poem. Marge Piercy elaborates the theme by using figurative language. She uses simile to help point out the meaning of the