Haircut
... Julie Gregg and especially Paul Dickson who fell out of a tree when he was about ten years old : “Lit on his head and it done something to him and he ain’t never been right. No harm in him, but just silly”* Paul is the most important one among them because of two reasons: He is not as clever and reasonable as the others and he is the one who was killed Jim Kendall. Of course these do not prove that the killing of Jim is on purpose. However there are some more reasons that can cause Paul kill Jim on purpose. Short Story Analysis Haircut After reading Ring Lardner’s Haircut, the phrase “what goes around, comes around” definitely comes to mind. Lardner begins the story by actually placing the reader in the barber’s chair. Whitey, a naive barber, begins to tell a series of stories about the people who live in Carterville. The author tells the reader about Jim, a self-centered prankster, who ultimately gets what he des...