Donnie's hair from "Teenage Wasteland" symbol of the change in Donnie from when he was little to how he is now. When he was little he had extremely blond hair that almost looked white. Bright and blond hair when it comes to children usually means innocence or purity. This is how Daisy pictured Donnie as a child as it says in the beginning of the short story. It was also cut really short, so short that it had a cowlick in the back of his head which most people would say looks adorable on children and that really emphasizes the idea of innocence in children.
As Donnie grows older, his hair grows darker and longer. so much that it covers his eyes and the back hair goes up to his shoulder. Dark hair usually symbolizes something evil, demonic, unclean, supernatural, and night. The fact that the hair covers his eyes makes it seem like he has something to hide. It's like he's covering a dirty soul with a blanket of hair. The change in appearance of Donnie's hair is a symbol of change from him being innocent to him being a rebellious disturbed teenager.
So you saying that his hair means now he is not innocent.
ReplyDeleteI think she is saying that he is not innocent anymore, which is true. There something obviously missing in the story though, since it is only in the mother's perspective. Just because he is not an innocent child anymore does not mean that he has no reason to be this "rebellious and disturbed teenager."
ReplyDeleteYea you are right the hair color changing shows how he is changing and how long it is. It makes them seem like rebels because of how long he grows it.
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