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In Ring Lardner’s “Haircut” the narrator’s attitude toward Jim Kendall and his pranks slowly reveals the backbiting nature of small-town life and of the narrator himself. The setting of the short story is a small town barbershop. Most people have heard the saying, “ when you live in a small town everyone knows your business.” This short story stands true to the saying. As one can find out from reading “Haircut” Whitey, the narrator, tells the readers a whole lot of gossip about the people of the town. An individual has to wonder if everything Whitey says is the truth. One day Whitey is giving a total stranger a haircut and goes into a flashback about Jim Kendall’s jokes and his “accidental shootin’”(103). Jim Kendall was known as the joker of the town. He played heartless and cruel jokes on people despite the outcome. Jim was not much of a family man either. One time he invited his wife and children to the circus and he never showed up. Whitey says, “she’d of divorced Jim, only she seen she couldn’t support herself and the kids and she was hopin’ that some day Jim would cut his habits”(98). Jim never did change and just kept on with his jokes but eventually the joke would be on him. Hod Meyers is Jim’s best friend. They do alm
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Approximate Word count = 1328
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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