"Just Lather, That's All" by Hernando Tellez is about a barber who is forced to shave the beard of one of the troops, whom he wants to kill but using all of his strength not to. The barber is a rebel himself so having the enemy's face in his hands with a razor sharp enough to cut the skin was a little too much temptation. the barber is hesitant with Captain Torres. When in the presence of the Captain, the barber is forced to decide what is more important: him being an experienced barber or him being
Hernando Tellez’s short story “Just Lather, That’s All” portrays an underlying value that appearances are not always an indication of reality. Appearances doesnt really means that to be a physical disguise, but it could also trying to say or show one hiding behind ourselves attitude, behavior and sociopathical or psychological mentality. “When [he] recognize[s] [Captain Torres, he] start[s] to tremble.[...] Hoping to conceal [his] emotion, [he] continue[s] sharpening the razor,” displays that there
Just lather that’s all Just lather that’s all is a story that focuses on the conflict within the narrator as he try’s to determine weather or not to kill a Captain that belonged to the enemy that he is helping to fight against. Throughout this story there a great examples of character development of the narrator. The examples of this in the story is when he is rationalising he situation to see what the best path to take is. Weather he kills the Captain sitting in the barber chair or to keep his
demonstrate important values and beliefs such as respecting others, courage, and dignity. As an individual becomes more conscientious of the values and beliefs they deem are important their choices and actions will further establish character. In “Just Lather, That's All”, Hernando Tellez develops the idea that an individual's values and beliefs influence the choices and actions they make, which in turn will further reveal the person's character. This is demonstrated by the barber’s decision to allow the Captain
In the story “Just Lather, That’s All” by Hernando Tellez, the author sets the protagonist in a society where he is faced with a dilemma. There is a conflict, struggle, and theme that the barber is faced with. The reader anticipates which decision the main character is going to choose, and how it would affect the story. The thoughts that filled the Barber's mind helps creates the inner-makeup of his character, and his struggle to determine what is right and wrong. The conflict that he faces involves
if you want to succeed. In Hernando Téllez’s “Just Lather, That’s All”, Edward P. Jones's “The First Day”, and Richard Wagamese’s “Shinny Game Melted the Ice”, the main characters demonstrate determination which results in their success. Although the aforementioned short stories contain similarities and differences in the plot, character, and setting, the theme of determination is clearly portrayed through all of these texts. In “Just Lather, That’s All”, the theme of determination is portrayed through
The short story “Just Lather, That’s All” written by Hernando Tellez, is about a war between government military soldiers and the protesters which are the rebels. The story is told from the perspective of one of the rebels that is a barber. One of the military soldiers walks into a barbershop operated by the rebels asking for a shave. This short story is about the hard decisions the rebel makes throughout the story. The two ideas I am going to talk about are the theme and symbol because I believe
Paragraph: Wolf’s Transgendered Bridge and Tellez’s Just Lather, That’s All both analyze the choices of characters who are faced with unexpected and frustrating dilemmas. During the events of Transgendered Bridge, a boy named Darrius is accused and persecuted as an adult for the hate crime and murder of Avery Parker, a transgendered youth. Darius had never been educated or exposed to a transgendered youth before, and as discovered in The Milgram Experiment, humans are hardwired from birth to
Internal Conflit he hesitation or decision-making issue within characters’ mind is regarded as an suspense. In “Just Lather, That’s All ”, the barber struggled in whether or not to kill the enemy who now infront of him. In the end, the barber did not want blood on his hand. Meanwhile, in “The sniper”, two snipers who were from different sides fought against each other in a war. While examining the corpse, the sniper discovered that the enemy was his brother. Also “The Black Cat” narrates the process
to kill a notorious captain who has been killing rebels, Captain Torres. He has the opportunity to kill Captain Torres with the blade he is using to give him a shave, but will he kill Torres or will something stop him? In the short story, "Just Lather, That's All" Hernando Tellez portrays the theme of human integrity showing true character by creating scenarios in which the barber has to use his conscience to make ethical decisions. The barber's consciousness is tested by the temptation to kill Captain