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Fitzgerald writes, “youth in this jazz-nourished generation…”
It was a period of wild economic prosperity, cultural flowering and a shaking up of social mores. The young people during the time were more interested in money, parties, and popularity. -
How men feel about Bernice at the beginning, Flaws Warren and the others find about Bernice, and What Women are "supposed" to be like.
The men quickly got bored with Bernice, thinking about how she doesn’t have anything to talk about. During this time period, women were “supposed” to be beautiful, interesting, popular, and so on. -
Why Mrs. Harvey think Bernice should be able to have fun, What she values about Bernice, and How is it from Majorie's Perspective?
Mrs. Harvey thinks that Bernice should be able to have a good time because Bernice is pretty and comes from a nice family but to Majorie it should be more than that. Bernice should dress more like she does and be more interesting and dance better too. -
The Models of Their Mothers
Women before the 1920s were more traditional and women during the 1920s flaunted their modernity and challenged the beliefs of their elders. Modern girls are more interested in how they look, how popular they are, and being with the best man they find. -
Increased Freedom, Possibilities and Rights for Women, and Inequalities between Genders.
There will always end up being inequalities between genders no matter what time period it is. Women started earning more rights during the 1920s, they gained the right to vote but they’re still living in a society that is dominated by men. -
Majorie turns on Bernice and Bernice decides to go through with getting a Bob Cut
Bernice went through with bobbing her hair because of Majorie, to be accepted by her. Majorie turned on Bernice because, even though Majorie changed her to how she thought Bernice should be like, to Majorie it ended up being her downfall in doing so. Majorie wanted Bernice to bob her hair since Warren’s attention ended up going from Majorie to Bernice. -
Bernice Cuts off Majorie's Braids, Approve or Disapprove? Why?
Bernice cut off Majorie’s braids since Majorie trapped Bernice into a situation where she felt that she had to cut her hair into a bob. Since this was the 1920s, I say that it was reasonable but Bernice could have just talked Majorie into getting her hair bobbed as well unless she knew that Majorie wouldn’t fall for that. -
The Double Meaning of the "Title of Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
Bernice was pushed into bobbing her hair by her popular, beautiful cousin Majorie after Bernice becomes more popular so the men would lose interest in Bernice. At the end of the story, Bernice sneaks into her cousin's room and cuts off her braids while she’s asleep, laughs maniacally, then leaves in the middle of the night. -
What did people do for Fun in the 1920s? What Roles were Available for Men and Women?
People in the 1920s went to parties mostly. Men and women worked and women were getting more rights and better pay than what they used to. To people around that age, popularity and money were important. -
Opening Scene
It starts off describing the scene on the tee of a golf-course and country-club. Women who were older and in a wealthier social class than the young couples there were there judging them and making sure they didn’t do anything inappropriate. If those older women weren’t there or giving Stoney-eyes to them then it would probably be a little more chaotic.
