Showing posts with label Ring Lardner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ring Lardner. Show all posts

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Pre-AP English II: "Haircut" Ending

In class we discussed the "unreliable narrator" (a narrator who may intentionally or accidentally obscure the truth). The barber in Ring Lardner's short story falls into this category. (Iago, in Othello may be another.)

First, read the short story, then answer the following question:
What about Jim's death is the narrator unaware of?