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 She dropped her eyes but was feeling uncomfortable about being watched like this. The
man stopped speaking and with the ringing of the bell for the third time all of them picked
up their forks and knives.
 The writer got so afraid by the time that she started crying as she didn’t want to get into
such risky task anymore.
 As she could understand a few words of English so she had heard the pale faced woman
saying that their hair should be cut down.
 The writer didn’t want to do it because she had heard her mother saying that only untrained
warriors that are arrested by the enemy cut their hair.
 In their community only those who either were at funeral or were cowards cut short their
hair.
 As Zitkala was neither a weakling nor a mourner so she didn’t want to cut her hair.
 MEETING A NEW FRIEND- JUDEWIN
 Both Judewin and Zitkala discussed about their destiny as they knew that their hair will
be cut short.
 Judewin was of a view that they should agree to what the authorities wanted to as they
were strong then these two girls but the author was not ready for it and so she decided
to go against the school authorities.
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 ZITKALA BECOMES A REBEL AND HIDES
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 She went upstairs very quietly without being noticed in order to safeguard her hair. She
was trying to walk very quietly because her moccasins were changed with shoes that
make sound while walking.
 She crossed the hall and went into a room without knowing where she was going. She
entered into a room which had three beds and green curtains making it a bit dark.
 She then crawled under a bed and hides herself from those who want to cut her hair.
 The writer shivered with the voice of footsteps whenever she tried to look out of her
hiding place.
 THE SEARCH BEGINS
She could hear many voice calling out for her name including her friend Judewin.

 She didn’t reply to them. Soon she heard the sound of steps and voices growing stronger
and stronger.
 Women and girls entered into the room where she was hiding. They were searching for
her everywhere; even the curtains were also removed.

 THE SEARCH ENDS.THE MOMENT OF HUMILIATION
Soon she was found under the bed and was pulled out of it. She tried hard to safeguard

herself she eve scraped the other person but she was taken away .and tied up to a

chair.

 The author cried a lot as she doesn’t want anyone to cut her hair. Suddenly she felt a
pair of scissors behind her neck and soon her hair was cut down.
 She lost all her confidence and felt that she had always been humiliated since she was
taken away from her mother.