Haircut
Reading through the whole story "Haircut" , it is not easy to believe that the death of Jim Kendall is really accidental. It is most likely that the incident is a murder. Jim Kendall is not a man who is loved by people in that small town, although some people find his jokes funny as long as they are not on them. There are many examples of those on whom Jim always makes annoying jokes such as Milt who "has got an Adams apple that looks more like a mushmelon"* , Julie Gregg and especially Paul Dickson who fell out of a tree when he was about ten years old :"Lit on his head and it done something to him and he ain't never been right. No harm in him, but just silly"* Paul is the most important one among them because of two reasons: He is not as clever and reasonable as the others and he is the one who was killed Jim Kendall. Of course these do not prove that the killing of Jim is on purpose. However there are some more reasons that can cause Paul kill Jim on purpose.
A boy that is not very clever who is affected by someone whose thoughts he respect, a love that he feels deeply, a bad man whom he suffered a lot from and a perfect setting to get rid of him without being blamed. So Doc says that's what he had heard and he couldn't understand it because Paul had told him he wouldn't never have no more to do with Jim as long as he lived. I said no, but I knew where he was, out duck-shooting with Jim Kendall. In his ages insults are much more damaging than knifes. He said Paul had told him about the joke Jim had played on Julie. He asked me had I seen Paul Dickson. We do not know exactly how old Paul is but it can be assumed that he is not very old, he may be a teenager. But according to Paul, Jim never treated her right. He said Paul had asked him what he thought of the joke and the Doc had told him that anybody that would do a thing ought not to be let live. He replied Paul that he would make Jim suffer some how :"It's a chinch Doc went up in the air and swore he'd make Jim suffer"* . * I do not know if there is anything that can be said on this conversation. Later, when Paul learned this he told the whole story to Doc. They made fun of her till she got home.
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