In "the pigman & me," most readers would agree that paul should not have hit john. some would say, however, that john was at fault for not explaining the rules. who do you think was more at fault in this story? choose one boy and explain why you think he is more at fault, or tell why you think they are equally at fault. support your opinion with details from the story.

The right answer is both, it was a misunderstanding because john thought that Paul was being greedy in keeping the paddle longer than fifteen minutes. Paul didn’t know about the time limit and thought that John Quinn was picking on him.

Paul is nervous and does not realize what he is doing.

John feels he has to fight or he will look bad in front of the other kids.

Because Paul did not know the rules about the use of paddles, he kept one past the time limit

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.