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Identity
Throughout Belle Prater's Boy, Gypsy deals with a simmering resentment about the way people treat her. She believes they see her as simply a pretty girl and overlook all her other traits and talents—and it really bugs her. She works hard over the course of the book to make sure that people see her for who she really is, even if it means chopping off all her beautiful locks and holding a piano recital.
And even though we don't see her, it's clear that Belle is reinventing her own identity, too. By leaving and starting a whole new life, Belle gets to be whoever she wants to be, without being tied to her family or her sad past.
Gypsy doesn't just chop off all of her hair because she's mad at Amos; she does it because she needs to know what it's like to be herself without the security blanket of her "pretty girl" persona.
Ultimately, Gypsy and Woodrow both need to change their appearance in order for people to see them for who they truly are.
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