Which of the following is the main idea of “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”?

1.generational differences regarding belief systems

2.social change affects personal identity

3.role of dances and popularity in the 1920s

4.XXrules of courtship between young men and womenXX

The main idea of the short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” is that “social change affects personal identity”.

Explanation:

The story is about how Bernice tries to set into her cousin’s world of friends and lifestyle, whom she is visiting for a August vacation. In the process, her interaction with men such as Otis and Warren show how in the mode to be popular and well known, they drop people and their emotions like hot cake.  

Bernice, even though she tries to mingle with them in order to be and feel accepted, she does not feel herself at any time. Hence finally she realises that she’d rather return to in her own town where she is accepted as she is and does not have to create a façade to be someone that she is not.  

This whole process show’s that social change in terms of small town as compared to big town differ, and this is where a person’s personal identity gets affected