In the short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” by Scott Fitzgerald, Bernice is pressured to be like others and to conform to society’s changing morals. Peer pressure put on by her cousin, Marjorie, and from society causes Bernice to become insecure and unsure of herself. The stresses of peer pressure are the reason that Bernice trades her important moral choices for those of the ever changing society. This results in a further understanding of peer pressure as a negative and positive tool. Marjorie
It's Every Girl for Herself in Bernice Bobs Her Hair Picture a fragile glass merry-go-round, a menagerie, if you will, of adolescent social classes and structure. The animals revolve, always mindlessly following the one in front, each measuring his own height compared to his neighbors. If you fall short or fall behind, never fear, just throw a jagged rock and shatter Mr. Popularity in front, take his place, and the merry-go-round revolves still. There is no world outside, nothing matters more
Bernice Bobs Her Hair Have you ever at one time or another felt like an outsider? Many people do, trying desperately to fit in with their social counterparts. Whether it be in school, at work, or life in general, many yearn to be accepted by their peers and feel as though they are a part of some sort of "club" that is viewed by others as the "in" crowd. F. Scott Fitzgerald tries to express this turmoil with the short story Bernice Bobs Her Hair. He attempts to show the inner workings of the popular
Revised Bernice Bobs Her Hair F Scott Fitzgerald 3 February, 2014 Kaley Witwer A) As the title already tell the reader, Bernice is the protagonist. She can be very unappealing at times, most because she’s a really boring and predictable character especially when most of her conversations with others lead to talking about the weather, she is also very naive because she doesn’t understand why she is unpopular with people or why boys don’t like her. At the end other the story though we like her because
In Fitzgerald’s “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”, Bernice and Marjorie portray the social standing of tradition and modernity. Bernice, a traditional wealthy girl and the main character of the story, does not have a high social standing; however, because of certain events in the story, Bernice’s personality changes from a shy and obedient girl to a strong independent woman. Ultimately, Bernice’s action of asking Marjorie to teach her how to become popular in the modern world is what started her journey towards
the short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the writer utilizes a plethora of features from the 1920s to bring life into the characters. Being an author during the time period, Fitzgerald employs his resources by taking his life experiences and integrating it into his work. “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” is a short story that takes place in the summer of 1920’s. Unfortunately, with her cousin Bernice around for a month, Marjorie knows she will not enjoy herself. Bernice is not caught up
the outside, has her act down to a tee. Everything is thought out from what she says, to what she wears, is thought out. Bernice decides to confront Marjorie in the kitchen the morning after hearing her lash out about her to her mother. The reader has insight to how shocked Marjorie will be after realizing she is caught when Fitzgerald sets up the scene with "Bernice paused before she threw her hand-grenade". Marjorie is trapped and Bernice's words are like a bomb exploding in the air shattering
“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” and “A White Heron” In Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Bernice has an ultimate goal to change her appearance as a way to fit into the modern world, while in A White Heron Sylvie wants to protect the natural world from the hands of men from the outside world. The contrast between these two characters shows how innocence can be easily influenced. In Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Long hair symbolizes feminism and beauty, but bobbed hair represents is more of a
Canadian Literature Louise Halfe – Healing Through Orality and Spirituality in Poetry Louise Bernice Halfe was born in 1953 in Two Hills, Alberta. Her Cree name is SkyDancer. She grew up a member of the Saddle Lake Reserve and at the age of 7 was sent to the Blue Quills Residential School in St. Paul, Alberta. . After leaving the school at the age of 16, she attended St. Paul’s Regional High School where she began to journal about her life experiences. (McNally Robinson) Halfe has a degree
over or something that he best friend dragged her into doing. She soon realizes that’s not why she’s there at all. On this TV show, Birdee’s best friend admits and tells her she’s having an affair with her husband. Birdee and her young daughter, Bernice, decide to pack up and leave Bill. They move out and travel back to Birdee’s home town of Smithville, Texas. There she much live with her mother. She was never very close with her mother growing up, but now she has to live with her, she wants to start
Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King was born on April 27, 1927 in Heiberger, Alabama. Heiberger was a small segregated town. Coretta’s parents were Obadiah and Bernice Scott. She has an older sister named Edythe and a younger brother, Obie. Coretta was named after her grandmother Cora Scott. Her family was hard working and devoted Christians. Coretta had a strong temper, feared no one and stood up for herself. Coretta, Edythe and Obie had to walk three miles to an all-black school in Heiberger
both communities, generations from Africa and steeped in “modernity,” still come to the traditional herbalist for help in matters of the body and spirit: Eula uses Nana’s medicine to contact the soul of her deceased mother; Bernice and Ambush come to Mama Day to heal Bernice when she becomes ill, and later for help in conceiving a child. Both Nana Peazant and Mama Day draw their knowledge from a life lived on their respective islands and their strength from their ancestors, whom they visit and tend
Outsider in The Blue Hotel, The Displaced Person, Bernice Bobs her Hair, and Novel In Dubious Battle Whenever a stranger enters an unfamiliar society, a clash between the outsider’s practices and society’s guidelines undoubtedly occurs. Whether the resulting conflict minimally or powerfully affects the people involved depends on the situation, but usually the results are monumental. In the short stories “The Blue Hotel,” “The Displaced Person,” and “Bernice Bobs her Hair,” and the novel In Dubious Battle
As a result of the newfound friendship between Marjorie and Bernice and Bernice’s striking “one liners”, Bernice receives more attention from men at dances. Throughout the first dance with her new persona, Bernice engages in conversations with men and asks their opinion of bobbed hair. She proceeds to inform them of her decision “that early next week (she’s) going down to the Sevier Hotel barbershop, (sitting) in the first chair, and (getting her) hair bobbed” and will be “charging admission” (250)
in the short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”. Both Bernice and Marjorie are young teens dealing with the pressure of being popular and fitting in. Bernice, being the quieter, shyer girl, deals with trying to fit in in a place she feels she doesn’t belong. Marjorie, the louder, seemingly confident girl puts on a front about who she is, deep down being an extremely jealous person. The characters in the story are both dealing with insecurities, each reacting in there own way. Bernice, from the short story
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Leah’s Life Struggles In the story, Windows by Bernice Morgan, the protagonist, Leah, is convinced that she is dying. As the story progresses, she experiences a full range of emotions and thoughts about everyone and everything in her life. Leah struggles with mental and physical illnesses. Her biggest problem is her depression. The theme of depression is explored through Leah’s relationship with other characters and her surroundings. Leah goes through a lot in the story and, as a result of that
Parents want what is best for their children, but sometimes they expect too much and children can feel trapped. The only way kids feel they can escape from the pressure is to gain independence through rebelling. The short story “Brother Dear”, by Bernice Friesen suggests the idea that when individuals pursue independence by rebelling against expectations set out for them, they can become estranged from loved ones and feel like they have let them down; however, despite the pressure an individual may
Jealousy has a huge impact on all the characters in “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”. Bernice shows the first signs of jealousy when she overhears Marjorie talking to her mom about how all of her friends think Bernice is incredibly dull. Marjorie basically has to beg boys to cut in on Bernice while they are dancing. Even Warren, one of Marjorie’s most beloved beaus tries to flirt with Bernice and cannot do so because she does not know how to effectively communicate with boys. Warren is infatuated with Marjorie
Innovating Women: a woman’s reading of “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” Reading is an experience of art; without readers’ interaction, the meaning of any literary work is insufficient. “[Norman] Holland believes that we react to literary texts with the same psychological responses we bring to our daily life....That is, in various ways we unconsciously recreate in the text the world that exists in our mind.” (Tyson, 182) By telling a story that centers on the conflicts between two wealth young females whose