The Big Debate

So a few days ago, I was thinking about the American Girl GOTY'S (Girl of the year's) when I stumbled upon an interesting fact. 

AG brings up the same themes in many of the stories. 

I understand that if you go to the AG archives, every doll will have a different story. But every doll will have something to another doll.

As you can see, I left out Lindsey. She is irrelevant to this debate, and truth to be told, in my opinion she's a bit of a fail. AG was testing the GOTY idea, and she just wasn't such a good doll. Even her story is a bit strange: Lindsey Bergman brings to life the story of a girl who wants to improve the world. Lindsey's heart is in the right place, but she always seems to be in trouble-until she learns there is more than one way to solve a problem. 

Okay, so maybe it seems all sweet and stuff, but I've dived deep into her story to find that it has a lot to do with her dog and uncle and she gets in trouble lots and stuff. I honestly don't see the point in this... but maybe she was a hit, I do not know, so please don't attack me. I was a tiny baby when she was out, so I have no clue about her.

Moving on. I have noticed that every doll pictured above is connected to another one. 

Shall we begin?

Many of you may disagree, but Kailey and Chrissa have lots in common. Kaily's story has to do with swimming, and water, and tide pools. I know that many of you may say that Chrissa's story has to do with bullying, but lots of it is connected to swimming. Two of her outfits were to do with swimming! Here's where we see the first repeat.

I don't think this one needs much explaining. So many people have been complaining about how Marisol and Isabelle are alike. Even though many of you will protest and say that Marisol is about learning to cope with moving, she still has that huge tie to dancing, which makes her story similar to Isabelle's. And both of them having cats? Just makes it stranger.

To be totally honest with you, Kanani is the only other doll who doesn't have much to do with the other dolls. But there is still a theme. Lanie, Jess and Kanani all have to do with nature. Jess and Kanani both live in tropics, and Lanie wishes that her family was more of an outdoors type of family. And what about their collections? Both Jess and Lanie have orangutan stuffed animals, just different colours.

 This theme was also talked about. Both Saige and Nicki have to do with horses, and both of them had dogs as pets. Many people also said they were in similar looks since they both had blue eyes and freckles. I think this was the most visible repeated theme from AG.

This was probably the hardest to find. But both Mia and Mckenna focus on competive sports, and challenges that come with it. Mckenna's grades start dropping, and Mia has to learn to win and lose. Even in her movie, we see Mckenne struggling with the fact that not everything goes as planned.

There's one last theme that AG repeats every single time that isn't thought about much.

We can all safely say that this was brought up most in Saige's story, but when thought about, every single GOTY story has to do with something that ties to change. 

• Lindsey is trying to change the world. 
• Kailey is trying to stop people from building something on her favorite beach; she's trying to change what may happen. 
• Marisol is slowly learning to cope with change when she moves. 
• Nicki is taking up a challenge to train a dog that will help change somebody's life. 
• Mia is learning to win and lose gracefully, which is a hard change for her. 
• Chrissa learns to stand up for herself and change her life by trying to stop bullying. 
• Lanie is trying to change her family's opinion about the outdoors, but realizes that adventures are in her own backyard. 
• Kanani wants to try and change her cousin's perspective and share the aloha spirit. 
• Mckenna's life changes when she breaks her leg and starts using her strenghts to help her at school. 
• Saige is trying to change the way her school works, and she stands up for what she believes in. 
• Isabelle discovers that sometimes change can bring out hidden talents. 

So, why has AG created this?

We all think that GOTY'S are just dolls that are here for one year. Isn't that AG's slogan? 

She's only here for one year.

But if we dive deeper, think harder,

Is there something more to it??