Indirect Implications

Original Assignment: http://jerz.setonhill.edu/EL150/2008/hamilton_131.php

On Hamilton's "Essential Literary Terms" pages 1-31

“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an example of an indirect satire as opposed to a direct satire.  Rather than coming out and just saying that it is better to feel good about yourself than trying to conform to something so unlike yourself, he implies it by showing the downfall of the main character Bernice.  It is hoped that in the end she discovers her fault along with the audience.