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In Lardner’s “Haircut,” the story is filtered through Whitey’s point of view. This first person narration has a biased, ironic effect on the story. The idea that the applauder of a crime is as bad as the one who committed the crime is an underlying theme in the short story. We, the reader, enter the local barbershop and sit down for a haircut. Whitey, our narrator, is the local barber and begins to chop away. Then he tells of the great Jim Kendall, his deceased friend. We learn that Whitey is an uneducated, unperceptive man from a small town with a small mind. Whitey is not only Jim’s friend, but almost his worshipper. Anything that Jim does is golden to Whitey and the barbershop crew. Because Whitey is so closely allied with Jim, he believes all that Jim does is hilarious and comical. We as readers find Jim’s jokes appalling.
Approximate Word count = 581
Approximate Pages = 2.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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