Teenage Wasteland

In the story "Teenage Wasteland" Donnies mom is really worried about him. She sees that he is not the same anymore. Not only are his grades slipping but the way his attitude has changed really worries her. Donnie has changed completely. When he was little he had the blondest hair and the way it was cut made him look all innocent. Once he started to change his hair grew and it hanged over his face and Donnie didnt look the same. His hair symbolizes the change he has gone through and how he wanst the same anymore. As a little kid his hair was nice and neat, now it drapped over his face and it looked nasty. This shows that Donnie was going through some things and his apperance showed how he felt. A persons apperance can sometimes show you how they feel inside. His change of hair was one of the biggest symbols throught the story because Donnie was getting older and his apperence was changing.