In the story "Hiarcut" Jim Lardner is telling us a bit about himselt and his life. It is quoted by (Gale 158) that his own "ignorant, self-centered, materialistic way" was what made a quick success of his fiction. Lardner like his narrator in Hiarcut does feel superior to othe people in the viallage when he begins to detail thier lives to a stranger. Whitey felt he could pass judgement as uninformed as he is about the …showed first 75 words of 269 total…

…showed last 75 words of 269 total…the town spokesman; it was his place of establishment that centered on any community decisions. There is no place in this world for someone to appoint themselves spokesman for a community, repeatedly discuss details that are inaccurate, harmful in any way to tother person, and stand in judgment of others. l. Lardner, Ring, "Haircut" Literature and the Writing Process 97-102, Day, Susan X., Funk, Robert, McMahan, Elizabeht, eds. 5th ed. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, l999.