1. The most important word in Barthes' "Toys" is obviously 'toys'.
some other words in the essay are coenaesthesis and microcosm, which is the Middle Engkish for a little world.
2. The main idea is that the new plastic toys are not as good as the wooden toys because the plastic toys cause individuals to show less creativity.
One quote sums this idea up pretty well. "However, faced with this world of faithful and complicated objects, the child can only identify himself as owner, as user, never as creator; he does not invent the world, he uses it: there are, prepared for him, actions without adventure, without wonder, without joy."
3. Do new toys really inhibit imagination and creativity?
Do the new toys of today, such as ipods and game systems also cause individuals to identify themselves as only a user? Does decrease in creativity and individuality occur due to the use of these items?
(all of the questions are based on the quote from question #2)
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I happen to agree with the story "Toys" because we are limited to believing what society tells us to. We are programmed to know that society is right and our opinion does not matter. Giving children wooden toys does help think outside the box and allows them to use their imagination and show off their creativity. As a person who has played with wooden toys when one was younger, it allowed me to use my creativity and let me be in charge of what i wanted to do.
The newer toys do indeed inhibit imagination and creativity because they have one use, nothing more. The older toys had multiple uses, encouraging creativity and imagination.So one can have a lot more fun with the wooden toys than with the newer toys.
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