Lather And Nothing Else Summary

The next image Olds puts into play is that of the vision of her daughter reborn as the enemy. Olds describes the daughter’s hair by saying, “each strand now cuts/ both ways. The blade of new bangs hangs over her red-brown eyes/ like carbon steel.” This is not a typical description of hair. Olds specifically compares the young girl’s hair to a freshly sharpened weapon. With words such as “cuts,” “blade,” and “carbon steel,” Olds builds up an image of a lethal weapon such as a knife or perhaps sword, weapons both clearly used for battle. Olds further describes the girl’s hair by acknowledging that “all the little/ spliced ropes are sliced.” The line break in the poem which leaves the phrase “all the little” alone to be followed up by second line describing the sliced hair, adds to Olds image. “All the little” appears as a memory of the mother of her former daughter, a memory that is quickly destroyed by the second image of those little strands now taking on a threatening sliced form. In addition, the line also holds a visual separation between the two different images that occupy the mother’s same thought

The outcome of this struggle reveals that his character is centered around integrity. The barber contemplates murdering Captain Torres while he is most vulnerable, “[Torres] leaned back and closed his eyes.” (pg.14A) This awoken the conflicting thoughts of how the barber’s reputation would be viewed, “ Murderer or hero?” (pg.15C) A continuation of his thoughts concluded that he did not want to be viewed as a murderer; “I don’t want blood on my hands.” (pg.15C) The barber valued honor, and as Captain Torres came to him for a shave he would do just that, “Just lather, that’s all.” (pg.15C) Another aspect that weighed heavily onto the barber as he was shaving Captain Torres where his values as a revolutionary. His strong values as a revolutionary strongly contradicted his values of honor and integrity. This posed a unique dilemma as the barber was forced to choose between avenging the executions of his fellow revolutionaries, and valuing respectability in his profession. His ultimate decision of letting Captain Torres leave peacefully further revealed his character as he chose integrity over what his fellow revolutionaries would have deemed right, “it was going to be very difficult to explain that I had him right in my hands and let him go peacefully.” (pg.14C) The barber's choice to not kill Captain Torres clearly

It is difficult to decide which is the right decision to make when a situation presents itself. Normally, people carefully think over the consequences both positive and negative and we may believe that we have made the right choice although, others may not think so. The barber's choice in the short story, "Lather and Nothing Else" written by Hernando Tellez, is negotiable. He is secretly a member of the resistance that is fighting against the government. The conflict is introduced when Captain Torres, an executioner, walks into the barber’s shop to get shaved. That gives the barber an opportunity to kill him and become a hero. As the barber shaves him he contemplates every possible outcome of

TRANSITION WORD*In the story “Just Lather that’s All” the antagonist’s name is Captain Torres who executes rebels who go against him and his crew. In the Captain’s perspective, he perceives the rebels as bad people and in the barber’s point of view he believes the Captain is the bad guy. Captain Torrez walks inside a barbershop and puts his gun into his holster and hangs his weapon up by the door, at the front of the shop. Captain Torrez and the barber both recognize each other and realize their enemies. The Captain and the barber don’t act upon anything and continue on with their dilemma. The barber doesn’t deny service to the Captain. Therefore, Captain Torrez sits in the barber’s chair and at this point he becomes a customer. There is a reversal of power and the barber becomes in control of the situation and has a razor blade in his hand. The razor blade becomes a symbol of destiny because the barber can alter his fate. He can use the blade to kill his enemy and take revenge by turning his

The story shows that the author/barber is too weak to kill a human being; he would feel remorse, and guilt. He is not selfish, and he is quite intelligent with his use of thoughts. The barber made his decision, with no direct consequences, they weren’t worth it. He “didn’t want blood on his hands.” The captain entered the shop for a haircut, normal or not, and that’s all he got. The local barber remains in his barber shop, even after facing his worst enemy and making difficult choices. The dilemma in this story is very large; he doesn’t know the consequences of each of the two choices. Two tough choices, both not very pleasant, he made the right choice. And the war continues unsolved. The ending is very indeterminate because you’re left asking yourself many questions about the story. You don’t know what happens to the barber or even the captain in that case. Did the captain rat out the barber and kill him? Or does he leave him be due to his innocence? Does the captain continue killing, even after saying how difficult it is? You’re wondering so many things about this story. And all questions are left

There is not a contradiction between what the narrator says and his behaviours. There is not a contradiction because The barber/Narrator did not kill Torres proving his point that he is a better person than Torres and is not a killer. During the shaving, the barber states "I don't want blood on my hands, just lather that's all." which shows that the barber did not have the intent to kill Torres he just wanted to be a barber. A person can be a rebel without being a bad person. Furthermore, another example showing that the barber is not a murderer because of his comments is because everyone gets thoughts like those sometimes. If they were put in a circumstance where they had their enemy in the grasp of their hands. They are normal thoughts if

As I was about to walk in the barber shop, I suddenly remembered what my Lieutenant had to say to me, “don’t go in the shop, he’ll kill you, he’s a rebel”. While these interpretations have a chance of being valid, I continue to believe that killing isn’t an easy task due to the repercussions that come along with it. When I entered the barber shop, I could see an individual who was tall and was carrying a muscular build. At this point of time, the barber had not yet noticed me, so I took a few steps and made sure I was visible in his peripheral vision. Eventually, I was noticed and a few seconds later, conversation was initiated on how my beard is four days late a shave. After several minutes of discussion, I was indeed ready for my face to become hairless. He sat me down in his

The writer starts off the essay in the kitchen of his own house with his mother straightening her friends’ hair with what they call a “hot comb” (323). The writer starts in the kitchen to introduce another meaning for

Though the barber and Ronnie are in almost parallel situations, their values and pressure from society play a major role in determining the type of decisions they make, and in turn the eventual conclusion of the issue at hand. In “The Day of the Last

are struck by the the very detailed workings of his hair and beard. His thick, curly and

"That's not normal, not a lot of people have that braid down the center of their beard, so we feel like he's going to stick out. Even if, at this point, he shaved it, somebody knows who this guy is, and we need them to give our detectives a call. We need to find these

requesting a shave and begins discussing his plans for the captured rebels. Furthermore, this assessment by

The sniper and the barber have numerous things in common. Both characters are very gentle on what they choose to do. They think over things that they believe could affect them whatsoever. In “The Sniper”, the story states, “He paused for a moment, considering whether he should risk a smoke.”. This means he would think about what consequences would come with his choices. In “Lather and Nothing Else”, it declares, “I would have to shave his beard just like any other, carefully, neatly, just as though he were a good customer, taking heed that not a single pore should emit a drop of blood.”. It proves that the barber would have to carefully do his job just as if he was an honest, normal and respectful customer. Additionally, they both do their job. And are very commited too. The barber says, “ No, sir. You came in to

Majority of us guy’s go to a barbershop to get a sharp haircut or just to kick back and get a laugh out of all the crazy and funny story’s that customers or barbers like to share. At times that barber can be a role model to us younger gentlemen because some of us might of grew up without a father figure in are life and he could show a positive example of what a hardworking man should be or basically just because he is a man’s best friend because that 30-45 minute haircut could include some of the best advice that you have ever received from another person. But one thing that 50% of us didn’t know that Barber’s in the early ages were Barber surgeons, which meant that they were surgeons and also dentists performing most of the duty’s that a normal dentist or surgeon would do now a days. So that’s why I decided to do my Research paper on how barbering has changed over the year’s! I’ve spent various amount of hours shadowing barbers who are veterans in the barber business and well known and respected among the barber community and also been attending barber battles and competition’s around the Bay Area just so I can see the different types of styles a certain type of crowd might have over a certain crowd and to experience that real barber brother and sister connection there is that is well known and respected among different barbers nation and country wide. With this experience of shadowing barbers and spending time in barbershops I’ve seen the art of barbering is a beauty many

Your handsome azz Grandfather had only one blade… and polio! So, stop paying for shave tech you don’t need. (Dollar Shaving Club commercial)