The Outsiders
According to Ponyboy, how does a military or prison haircut serve as a method to break young men from their social class?
Ponyboy doesn't want to cut and bleach his hair with peroxide. (chapter 5)
Ponyboy doesn't want to cut and bleach his hair with peroxide. (chapter 5)
Greasers identify with long hair. A military haircut takes away from their individual identity and makes them conform to a different group with different values.