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In Ring Lardner’s “Haircut” the narrator’s attitude toward Jim Kendall and his pranks slowly reveals the backbiting nature of small-town life and of the narrator himself. The setting of the short story is a small town barbershop. Most people have heard the saying, “ when you live in a small town everyone knows your business.” This short story stands true to the saying. As one can find out from reading “Haircut” Whitey, the narrator, …

…able to believe everything Whitey says, but some things can be taken as reliable information. Word count: 1,351 Works Cited Blythe, Hal, Charlie Sweet. “Barber of Civility: Chief Conspirator of ‘Haircut’.” Studies in Short Fiction. (Fall 1986): 8 pars. Gale Group Blythe, Hal, Charlie Sweet. “Lardner’s ‘Haircut.” The Explicator. (Summer 1997): 9 pars. 23 January 2001. Infotrac. Lardner, Ring. “Haircut.” Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and Robert Funk. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 1999. 97-103.