1、Haircut -Ring Lander,About the Author,Lardner Ring (1933), American sports news reporter, humorous writer. His main achievement on literature is his short stories . He wrote about 130 article, depicting the numerous realistic American life scenes and portraits. Pull Gardner literary achievements in
2、his first performance is a gifted irony writer, write people write things vivid, fen, in many cases, or through were depicted those words and actions expression comes out, is reinforced irony effect. In the language, he adopted some unconventional spelling,Setting,The story concerns the events in a
3、small unnamed Michigan town as told by a barber while he is cutting a clients hair. He tells of the death of Jim Kendall, a practical joker whose comedy and other actions leave virtue much desired, and who is killed by a supposedly accidental shooting during a hunt.,Theme,The theme of the short stor
4、y is about the satirizing of smug small town values,Main Characters,Protagonist: Jim Antagonists: Whitey,Protagonist: Jim,Jim Kendall is lauded as a humorous practical joker. For example, Jim plays a joke on Whitey. Jim can change his voice and mimic anybody voice. Jim changes his voice to that of M
5、rs. John Scott, and says her husband was dead and would I come out and shave him.? So, Whitey goes to Mrs. John Scott house and Mr. John Scott opens the door. Whitey figures out it is Jim playing a joke on him. In addition, another joke that Jim Kendall plays is mailing post cards to people he doesn
6、t know and writing nonsense on them. Jim Kendall is a joker, but some of his jokes can be mean. Kendall jokes are often cruel and spiteful. This shows that Jim is an unreliable and disrespectful person. He is despicable for doing this to his wife and kids. Kendall vicious chicanery winds up getting
7、Kendall killed. The deceitful jokes that Jim plays on people cause his future death.,Antagonist: Whitey,From the outset of the story we observe the uneducated and unintelligent qualities of the barber, whose name we learn is “Whitey.“ His muddled language, full of diction and syntax errors, immediat
8、ely make the reader skeptical of his reliability. This suspicion of Whiteys trustworthiness and character is further characterized by his interpretations of events. Throughout the narration he shows a profound appreciation for the cruel tactics and jokes of Jim.,Point of view,This story is presented from a first-person point of view. The story concerns the events in a small unnamed Michigan town as told by a barber Whitey while he is cutting a clients hair.,
