When good people do bad things
The main idea that best describes a central idea of the text

desperation

Explanation:

good people only do bad things by accident, or out of desperation

the author develops a cold, and scared tone. making the reader shudder with fear, and suddenly become cold. i'm guessing that he's writing a scary novel, or maybe about a chilly december night.

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.