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 * __ Book Review --- The Barber’s Uncle __**

This story is written by William Saroyan. He was an American composer. The story happened in England. It is about a dreamy boy and a hairdresser. Everyone wants the boy to have a haircut but he didn’t. One warm winter day, the boy was sleeping on the grass in the park. It was quiet and peaceful that you can easily fell asleep. He didn’t notice that a bird was trying to make a nest in his hair. He got up when the bird started to sing. He then went to an Armenian barber named Aram in Mariposa Street to have a haircut. The barber was about fifty years old. He seemed to be a man who had already found out the truth. The barber told the boy to sit on the chair and gave him a cup of coffee. Aram talked about his uncle, Misak. Misak was a poor man. He did not want any money. He wanted to Vienna. He almost died of hunger and had no home and no friends. The same in Berlin, Paris, London, New York and South America. In China, Misak met Arab who was working in a French travelling show. Arab found a job for Misak that was put his head into a tiger’s mouth. However, Misak’s head was bitten by the tiger in Teheran. After telling the story of Misak, the barber gave him a haircut. He gave the boy the worst of all haircuts. Later, the boy got home and everyone laughed at him. The boy had no hair now. I think this story is quite boring and a little bit sad because the boy had no hair and Misak was dead when he put his head in a tiger’s mouth. It was really a sad ending. I think William Saroyan should write a happier ending.