Bernice Bobs Her Hair
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Based on actual letters Fitzgerald sent to his sister to help her on how to be more attractive for men, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is the story of a socially hopeless girl being changed into a socially attractive girl to end up attracting the boy of her helper.The story is a depiction of the changing face of youth during Fitzgerald's time and has been adapted into several movies as it remains a story that impressed all readers over the years.
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Read at: https://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl494/bernicebobs.pdf
“He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist.”
“People over forty can seldom be permanently convinced of anything. At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.”
Hmmm, not sure how I feel about it, no one was really likable. Reminded me of trope of many movies about how the girl gets a slight makeover and it changes everything or how a girl has to change most of herself to get guys or friends
