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F. Scott Fitzgerald's Bernice Bobs Her Hair
“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The short story is about a modest and shy young woman who is pressured, by her cousin, to cut her hair in order to gain popularity. During this time, it was a wild thing for women to cut their hair so Bernice was guaranteed to get a lot of attention but it all backfires. The short story was turned into a film in 1976. The film perfectly captures the wild lifestyle of the Jazz age that Fitzgerald had created. Although the film and the short story portray the same plot, there was some difference in the characterization of the characters. Throughout the short story I think Bernice completely changed into the type of woman Marjorie wanted her to be, but in the movie I felt
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