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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 unwittingly shows him to be a mean and despicable man. At t ....
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.... insensitive ignorance making Jim's character all the more plausible.
Most citizens at the barbershop and pool hall admire Jim's "jokes" and even participate in ridiculing some of the secondary characters Lardner introduces in the story. By contrast, the secondary characters are sensitive characters (Doc Stair, Julie Gregg, and Paul) and they are .... |
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