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Jim’s Jokes In “Haircut” Ring Lardner uses a small country town for his setting. Whitey, the narrator and also the local barber, tells the story. The story was centered on Jim Kendall who was the town’s funny man. Whitey explains the most memorable moments of Jim’s life. From the beginning of the story we observe the uneducated and unintelligent qualities of Whitey’s language. This immediately makes the reader skeptical of his reliability. In the opening sentences, for example Whitey says “You can see for yourself that this aint no New York City and besides that most of the boys works all day and don’t have no leisure to drop in here and get themselves all prettied up.” The conversational language of the small town, filled with slang and bad pronunciation riddles the entire narration. The suspicion of Whitey’s trustworthiness and character is further characterized by his interpretations of events. Throughout the narration he shows appreciation for the cruel tactics and jokes of Jim. The story of Jim playing the prank on his wife and kids made him seem like a cruel and evil individual. Jim was just trying to get even with his wife for going to pick up his pay from his job.
Approximate Word count = 753
Approximate Pages = 3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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