Why does the author of A Girl Named Zippy spend considerable time describing her hair?

The detailed description of Zippy’s hair helps readers understand it as a memorable part of how she saw herself as a child. The author is using the hair to reveal childhood identity, not mainly to offer advice about fixing it or to argue that appearance matters to the whole story. The best choice is “She wants to show an important part of her childhood identity.”

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