The Girl With The Bangs Short Story

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She Bangs
Women are defined by what they bring to the table. The girl with the friendly smile brings happiness and energy, the lady with the long legs brings lust, and the girl with the teary eyes brings sorrow, but what about the girl with the bangs? Is she a mystery? Is she kind hearted? Daring? Or an un loyal woman looking for romance anywhere she can? In Zadie Smith’s “The Girl with the Bangs” We learn just who the mysterious girl with the bangs really is. In this crazy, romantic, short story the readers are in for an excellent surprise.
To begin, A woman’s hairstyle puts her in a self-selected class and offers you some real information about her. Bangs say one or two things, either she is shy or she is fierce. So by reading the title you think that this story is going to be about a guy’s infatuation with this timid girl that has bangs or a story about being captivated by this bold girl and his favorite feature is her bangs. But once you start reading we learn that “he” we thought was being captivated by the girl with bangs is actually a “she”.
Next, in this story we learn...

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