write the summary of the cutting of my long hair?
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The cutting of my long hair' by Ztkala Sa is an autobiographical account of a native American Indian girl. The description is of her first day in school on a bitterly cold day. The young girl is upset by the constant clash of noise around her: shuffling of feet, continuous murmurs of conversation. She was made t line up with other girls in short clinging dresses and shingled hair. The breakfast routine was equally unnerving where everybody followed a bell to sit, eat or pray. She felt herself under the constant gaze of 'paleface' women. One of the girls with her said that their hair would also be cut short and that really upset her. In her native place, either mourners or cowards had their hair shingled and she was not going to allow that without a fight. She hid under a bed in a room, but was finally discovered and subjected to the same plight as everybody else. She moaned for her mother as she was hurt and sad. But, nobody gave her any comfort.
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In the chapter The Cutting of My Long Hair Zitkala-Sa is forced to get up for breakfast which she is not very fond of and does not like how structured the pale face are. When she goes down to eat breakfast they ring a bell and she sits down. As she looks around she realizes everyone is still standing. Embaressed she stands up emediatly and folows what the other children do. Also at breakfast one of zitkala sa's friends named Judewin tells her that she heard a paleface women talking about cutting all the girls long hair. As if her day wasnt already bad enough. The girls parents had taught them that the cutting of hair is a symbol of a coward and was usually done to the captured enemy. This worried her for she could lose her pride and disobay her religion, and more importandly embaress her mother. So Zitkala sa tried to hide and said she would refuse to get her hair cut so zitkala sa crept up the stairs franticly looking for a spot to hide from the plae faces. She went into a lagre roon and dove underneath a bed to hide. She then began to hear foot steps and many women and girls entered the room. Zitkala sa notice that one of the girls happend to be Judewin. She was then dragged out and zitkala sa scratched and kicked to try to resist the cutting of the hair but she was then tied to a chair. She then felt the cold scissors go across her neck cutting off her thick braids. Her long hair was now shingled like a cowards. She felt like the coward now.
In the chapter The Cutting of My Long Hair Zitkala-Sa is forced to get up for breakfast which she is not very fond of and does not like how structured the pale face are. When she goes down to eat breakfast they ring a bell and she sits down. As she looks around she realizes everyone is still standing. Embaressed she stands up emediatly and folows what the other children do. Also at breakfast one of zitkala sa's friends named Judewin tells her that she heard a paleface women talking about cutting all the girls long hair. As if her day wasnt already bad enough. The girls parents had taught them that the cutting of hair is a symbol of a coward and was usually done to the captured enemy. This worried her for she could lose her pride and disobay her religion, and more importandly embaress her mother. So Zitkala sa tried to hide and said she would refuse to get her hair cut so zitkala sa crept up the stairs franticly looking for a spot to hide from the plae faces. She went into a lagre roon and dove underneath a bed to hide. She then began to hear foot steps and many women and girls entered the room. Zitkala sa notice that one of the girls happend to be Judewin. She was then dragged out and zitkala sa scratched and kicked to try to resist the cutting of the hair but she was then tied to a chair. She then felt the cold scissors go across her neck cutting off her thick braids. Her long hair was now shingled like a cowards. She felt like the coward now.
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