Hair By Alfonso Lacayo Summary

The author Alfonso Lacayo transports us to his experience in the summer of fourth grade, he had everything he needed for school, books, clothes, shoes, except one thing, a haircut. Similar to most children in fourth grade he was not worried about the condition of his hair. Saying he never brushed it or took care of it, which how many fourth graders felt about their hair. The author used humor to make the audience relate to his story, he drew people in with funny aspects. Repetition was used to show how bad his hair really was when he said multiple people told him he needed a haircut. The use of those techniques make Lacayo and his story relatable to many people. We, the listeners have no effect on the story being told, because most of the
One definition of theatre is, “a play or other activity or presentation considered in terms of its dramatic quality,” (dictionary.com) the story is being presented and has dramatic quality, like humor. This story does resonate with me because when I was younger I cut my own hair. My mom was not too happy and I had to live with the humiliation for the next following weeks in school. This story may resonate with many people because or having an experience similar to his. Lacayo uses his life story event to be relatable and entertain the audience Theatre can be anything from the presentation of a play, an actor doing a live performance, a directed play filmed and shown to an audience, and many other things. Emotion is widely used throughout theatre to relate to its audience. Lacayo uses humor and humiliation to become relatable to the listeners of his story, because these are too emotions felt by everyone in their life time. His story is one many people have experience that is why I picked this work. He relates to his listeners using his humor and a real life story to make the audience laugh with him over his experience with a bad