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Haircut: Irony
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The tone of the short story "Haircut" is dramatic irony, for the remarks of the first-person narrator, Whitey the small town barber, have the opposite effect from what he intends. Whitey does not understand the implications of his stories when he describes Jim as a joker or "a card" and unwittingl ....
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....ters Lardner introduces in the story. By contrast, the secondary characters are sensitive characters (Doc Stair, Julie Gregg, and Paul) and they are the ones which stand out in the story and are victims of Jim and the gang's humiliation. We can say that Jim Kendall isn't as important to the story as the observer, Whitey, whose values and reactions confirm the community values and spiritual poverty that the author is attacking.
Although Lardner's story starts off as a light satire of small vill.... |
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