Coelho states: "i am not a self- writer; i am a self-problem writer". what does this mean and how could this impact the writing style of the novel?

"throngs rushed to the coastal area near the airport from which the plane had taken off, overloaded with relief supplies clemente wanted to make sure reached the victims of an earthquake in nicaragua."

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.