Essay on David's haircut
Essay on David’s Haircut
It’s amazing how much a trip to the barber shop can mean to a boy. There is so much that a child can notice and think about. In the story “David’s haircut”, David is taken to the barber shop by his dad. The event of getting their hair cut together has smoothened out to being pure routine for the father and the son. When David was a child David’s dad used to chase David around, and pretend that he would cut his ears off. At the barbershop David is getting an insight into how the grown-up life is. The things David notices at the barbershop brings meaning to the story. In the following essay I intend to analyze the symbolisms in “David’s haircut”. I will try to understand what David is feeling about growing older and maybe not being a child anymore.
"When David steps out of the front door he is blinded for a moment by the white, fizzing sunlight and reaches instinctively for his dad's hand." Right from the beginning of the story you get this felling of a close bond between David and his father. As they step out from their household door, David is maybe a little scared by the bright white light. Consequently he reaches for his dad's hand, because he gets comfort from him. Clearly it shows that David is still a child in the beginning of the story, and that he still needs safety from his father. The barbershop is located above a chip shop (Fish and Chips shop), from which you learn that the story may take place in England. They take the stairs from the chip shop and up to the barbershop. David can't make the stairs creak like his father can, and that annoys him. Obviously a part of him wants to grow up enough to make the stairs creak, since he’s annoyed by the fact that he can’t. David really enjoys being at the barbershop. “David loves the barbershop – it’s like nowhere else he goes” David finds it really exciting and does everything he can to absorb his surroundings with his senses. He notices the special scents, and the atmosphere in
It’s amazing how much a trip to the barber shop can mean to a boy. There is so much that a child can notice and think about. In the story “David’s haircut”, David is taken to the barber shop by his dad. The event of getting their hair cut together has smoothened out to being pure routine for the father and the son. When David was a child David’s dad used to chase David around, and pretend that he would cut his ears off. At the barbershop David is getting an insight into how the grown-up life is. The things David notices at the barbershop brings meaning to the story. In the following essay I intend to analyze the symbolisms in “David’s haircut”. I will try to understand what David is feeling about growing older and maybe not being a child anymore.
"When David steps out of the front door he is blinded for a moment by the white, fizzing sunlight and reaches instinctively for his dad's hand." Right from the beginning of the story you get this felling of a close bond between David and his father. As they step out from their household door, David is maybe a little scared by the bright white light. Consequently he reaches for his dad's hand, because he gets comfort from him. Clearly it shows that David is still a child in the beginning of the story, and that he still needs safety from his father. The barbershop is located above a chip shop (Fish and Chips shop), from which you learn that the story may take place in England. They take the stairs from the chip shop and up to the barbershop. David can't make the stairs creak like his father can, and that annoys him. Obviously a part of him wants to grow up enough to make the stairs creak, since he’s annoyed by the fact that he can’t. David really enjoys being at the barbershop. “David loves the barbershop – it’s like nowhere else he goes” David finds it really exciting and does everything he can to absorb his surroundings with his senses. He notices the special scents, and the atmosphere in