1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
boyakko [2]
2 years ago
9

In at least two hundred words, discuss the character transformations that occur in "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." How do these transfo

rmations relate to the structure of the story?
English
1 answer:
bezimeni [28]2 years ago
3 0

Answer and Explanation:

<u>F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Bernice Bobs her Hair" can be divided into three major parts when it comes to its structure. In the first part, Bernice is Marjorie's unpopular cousin who ends up either boring or annoying anyone who dances or talks to her. In the second part, Bernice is under Marjorie's guidance, and she quickly becomes popular. Finally, in the last part, Bernice is so successful that Marjorie, jealous, sets her up and forces her to get her hair cut. As we will see below, each part is closely related to the way Bernice's character changes.</u>

Now, let's focus on the three most important characters:

Marjorie does no seem to change throughout the story. She does not like Bernice at all and, even though she helps her during the second part, she does not do it out of compassion or love for her cousin. She does it to make her own life better, so that she can stop taking care of Bernice. In the end, when Bernice takes revenge by cutting Marjorie's hair while she sleeps, the narrator does not reveal how that affects Marjorie. Given her personality, she may have been angry, but was probably able to pull it off.

Warren is the boy both Marjorie and Bernice like. Warren too does not seem to evolve. He goes from liking Marjorie in the first part to liking Bernice in the second part and back to liking Marjorie in the final one. Warren serves as a catalyst for the climax of the story since it is because of him that Marjorie sets Bernice up.

<u>Bernice is the one who changes the most. She goes from weak to powerful quite quickly. In the first part, Bernice is very much influenced by the values of her mother's generation. She thinks being feminine means being fragile. However, once she opens her mind to Marjorie's teachings in the second part, Bernice soon becomes empowered. She sees there is more to being feminine - she can be strong and sensual, for instance. In the end, after falling into Marjorie's trap, instead of going back to her old, helpless self, Bernice sneaks into Marjorie's room and cuts her cousin's hair while she is asleep. Old Bernice would never have had the courage to do that. But in the third part, her evolution is complete, and Bernice is now a brave, decisive woman who can stand up for herself.</u>

You might be interested in
in the poem "verses upon the burning of the house," the poet asks god to _____. click here to read "verses upon the burning of t
Ierofanga [76]
<span>In the poem "Verses upon the Burning of the House," the poet asks god to <span>promise the certainty of her salvation.

</span>She says these lines:
</span>And to my God my heart did cry 
To straighten me in my Distress 
And not to leave me succourless. 
4 0
2 years ago
NEED HELP ASAP LIMITED TIME: Which of the following correctly combines the two sentences? She did not really want that particula
defon

Answer:

Hola!

She did not really want that particular job.

She had been looking for a long time when she got the offer

These two sentences will be joined by 'although'

Although she did not really want that particular job, she had been looking for it for a long time when she got the offer.

So according to your options option (A) is correct.

_________

Hope this helps u...☺

4 0
3 years ago
Which sentence uses the correct pronoun?Which sentence uses the correct pronoun? A. As soon as Elaine begins a new book, she tel
musickatia [10]

Answer:

For sure, it is:

A. As soon as Elaine begins a new book, she tells me all about it.

Explanation:

7 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
WhichWhich sentence best uses the word "chatter" with the definition "to make speech-like sounds, as certain animals do"?
Ede4ka [16]

Answer:

Answer is C, I’m sure once they get their food, the monkeys will start to chatter

Explanation:

Just finished the test and got it right

3 0
3 years ago
Hannah dipped her paintbrush into a new color and began painting a delicate vine of flowers on her canvas. Painting always helpe
eimsori [14]
A. She will paint the plain wooden frame of Briannas diploma.

I say this because she said her eyes looked from the plain wooden frame to her paintbrush and then grinned and realized she had an idea for her surprise
5 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • Which of the following sentences from "Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of the Ci
    8·2 answers
  • Which sentence has an inappropriate shift in verb tense?
    9·1 answer
  • What does Anne desire with respect to her relationship with Peter?
    7·1 answer
  • Rewrite the following as a Hyperbole or Understatement: Hannah rode her bike to school. She stowed it in the rack. She was late,
    12·1 answer
  • Please help me!!!!!!!!
    5·2 answers
  • An example of a unfulfilling job
    8·1 answer
  • What is your Hogwarts House?? Brainliest if you correctly guess mine.
    15·1 answer
  • Need help for English the directions are there just need more support it’s about one flew over the cuckoos nest
    12·1 answer
  • What does cinderella have to do in order to go to the festival ? who /what helps her ?
    7·1 answer
  • How do the different handicaps contribute to the theme of the story?
    8·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!