Another area she competes with is man vs. himself. Girls try to change their physical appearance, while hurting themselves. They would do anything from exercising, to not eating for months. In the poem, "she was advised to play coy, exhorted to come on hearty, exercise, diet, smile, and wheedle." This type of advice can change a person's personality to where she does not even know who she is anymore. This is where the girl in the poem had trouble; she could not find herself anymore. Some may think she gave up and either she kills herself or dies in the operating room.

In the second stanza, she does not only deals with man vs. man, but also with man vs. society. Some do not realize they can be cruel to others by the way they see a person or even talking to a person. The protagonist has to go fro and apol

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Approximate Word count = 551
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)