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    Writers use irony in their works to emphasize key ideas in their writing. Irony most often makes the reader stop and think about what they have just read. In the poem Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy, Piercy uses irony to show how difficult it is to live as a unique individual in such a critical environment like our world today. Marge Piercy uses irony in her poem Barbie Doll to show how judgmental and stereotypical people can cause unfortunate events in other peoples lives.