The main focus of the essay is the author’s journey to becoming literate. Who else goes through a similar “journey,” and what are the results? Provide at least three examples from the text to support your response. Your response should be at least 100 words.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.

they fear for their lives

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