Micah Alonzo
English 2326
Dr. White
April 21, 2011
Literary Response to Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story in which I am able to relate to the main character very well through personal experience. Bernice (the main character) is a very traditional girl who goes and stays with her Uncle, Aunt, and cousin for the summer. Marjorie, Bernice’s cousin, is the same age as Bernice but is very different from her because of the way she has been raised. Marjorie is a socialite and is very outgoing and popular. She seems to represent the “modern girl.”
She is also very vain, selfish, and overly concerned with ...view middle of the document...
Much like Bernice, I’m very reluctant to turn my back on my beliefs even when my friends make fun of me for not doing what they’re doing. For example, many of my friends attend parties, drink, listen to explicit music, watch vulgar movies, etc. However, because of the way I’ve been raised and because of my Christian faith, I don’t have to give in to those things just because my friends want me to. Instead, I have learned to value my beliefs and to live these values out instead of just throwing them away in order to be accepted into a certain crowd.
Even though I’ve become much more mature, there have been times when I have given into my friends’ pressures. For example, I mainly listen to Christian music because most secular music has content that I don’t want to hear. However, when I was about fifteen, I started listening to secular music just because all my friends were listening to it and talking about different songs and artists that I had never heard of. I felt left out. Although I no longer listen to secular music much anymore, I can understand the pressures Bernice faced from Marjorie because of what I’ve been through. It is very easy to get so caught up in the...