Power And Revenge In Just Lather That's All By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

Conflict in The Cask of Amontillado and A Poison Tree also reveals the theme that suppressed anger can sometimes lead to revenge which can result in explosive violence. The man vs. man conflicts in both of the writings are examples of revenge fueled violence.

Shakespeare’s King Lear and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus are two examples of early modern texts, one a tragedy and the other a morality play respectively, which deal with the theme of power at the crux of its narrative. Between both texts it is evident that different characters utilize their power or authority differently – some ‘unwisely’ whilst some ‘maliciously’. In either case, the use of power progresses the plays and drives the majority of main characters.

Have you ever heard that curiosity killed the cat or that greed is one of the seven deadly sins? Flannery O 'Connor and Edgar Allen Poe prove these two statements to be true. Both authors leave their readers thinking twice before they go peeking at the Christmas gifts under the tree or sneak that last piece of chocolate cake from the refrigerator. Their Catholic readers may even make a visit to a nearby confession box. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are short "dark" stories that use iconic twists that lead to their victims executions. Deception is the unmistakable underling plot in both stories with O 'Connor 's and Poe 's common use of character traits curiosity and greed-differ, ironically they both choose the most significant yet very different events in the Catholic religion; namely, life and death, to symbolize an end to a new beginning, to play out the executions of both, the Grandmother and Fortunado.

Power as a corrupting force has been present from the beginning of time and is often revealed in many works of literature. In the novel Frankenstein by Marry Shelly and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, corruption of power is well brought forth in the characters in both texts. In both stories, characters reveal power as a corrupting force through their thirst of knowledge. Characters also reveal power as a corrupting force through character change. In addition, the character’s action justify how corrupted they really are. Therefore, power corrupts the individuals because of character’s extreme ambition which leads to

A recent study by the American Psychological Association showed that there is a direct relationship between the amount of violent media parents present to their children and the amount of aggressive behavior they will display later. Another study by the Psychiatric Times stated that the amount of violence shown regularly has become dangerous and unrealistic. As a society, we have become obsessed and infatuated with violence. Whether it be in action movies, or in studies about how harmful it is, we can 't stop thinking about it. Destruction is one of the significant issues impacting us today. Ray Bradbury starts his dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, with the following quote, “It was a special pleasure to see things

' ' 'James Stephen Smith ' ' ' was a schizophrenic defense attorney and who thought women were the “the tools of his enemies” through a an old story in the Bible called the wife of Heber.

The Promise by Chaim Potok   1.In 10-12 sentences, write a brief outline of the plot of the novel. Be sure to make clear the major conflict of the story.   1.In the beginning of the novel, the main character, Reuben, is spending some time with his father at their cottage. His friend, Rachel is also vacationing nearby. Reuben finds out that Rachel's 14 year old cousin, Michael, is mentally ill, and Reuben seems to be the only person Michael will talk to.

The short story “The Destructors” by Graham Greene is set in London after World War II (Kolin, 158-161). During this time of gloom and despair are a group of boys that are a product of the war. They form a gang, establish a leader, and find a house to destroy. The gang is called the Wormsley Common Gang (Greene, 106). The Wormsley Common Gang consists of 12 boys, which has two alternating leaders Blackie and Trevor. Blackie is the original leader and handed over leadership to Trevor momentarily. In the story the boys find order to chaos, organize opportunities, set goals, take risks, open communication, and motivate others for a greater purpose. If a leader leads with destruction then they are a poor leader but, if an

In the short story “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez, the barber (the protagonist) made the right decision by not killing Captain Torres because killing him would not have helped the rebellion and it would have ruined his own life. The barber realizes killing Torres is pointless to the rebellion while he shaves him. After large amount of internal conflict, the barber makes his choice not to kill Torres because “More and more people come and the first group kills the second who killed the third” (Tellez 2). The assassination of Torres may cause another group to take over Colombia, but another rebellion would have to start again, and the cycle continues. The only big impact that the barber would have made, would be risking his

Throughout the short story, “One of These Days” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Aureilo worked as a dentist in his own office with no degree. He sat there working on false teeth and his son interrupted informing Aureilo that the mayor needs his tooth pulled now. The dentist did not want to pull the tooth, even if the mayor would have shot him, he did not want to do it. The dentist gave in and began to take out the mayor’s tooth. Of course, the entire time he did not want to help the mayor because he seemed to strongly despise the mayor’s actions towards him and the town. Thomas C. Foster’s chapter, “It’s all Political” relates to this short story considering the actions made

This book review is on Guns, Germs and Steel, by Jared Diamond. The book was very interesting but a lot of the information could have been cut because it’s a bit too long. Jared Diamond is a scientist, not a historian and he’s American. He upset many historians around the world by the way he bashes Europeans. However, he did win a Pulitzer Prize for the book so that says something.

In Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky discusses justice, questioning who or what determines this ideal. Primarily, he focuses on a man named Raskolnikov, who murders two women and then wrestles with his motives. As Raskolnikov’s hopeless outlook drives him to madness, his friend Sonia reveals an alternative view of justice, which allows for redemption. Through analyzing his character’s viewpoints, Dostoevsky never explicitly defines justice; instead, he exposes his audience to different interpretations to form their own conclusions. However, by depicting Raskolnikov spiraling into madness, Dostoevsky guides his reader to reject justice as determined by man in favor of it established by a higher power.

The theme of the poem, Complete Destruction by William Carlos Williams, is somber vengeance. The family mourns for the cat that died due to fleas. They show their love for the deceased pet by burying her on a day that was icy cold, devoid of any warmth, even though the ground would be extremely difficult to dig in. When they buried the cat, the fleas on her were buried, too, and would meet their deserved fate by the cold underground. Any fleas that dared to escape death were set afire in the backyard, leaving the family at peace with the knowledge that the fleas that took the life of their beloved pet have now been destroyed.

Eliade, in his book “The Sacred and Profane,” poses an interesting conjecture that all people are inherently religious. What one does and the decision they make in their lives are all reflections on what they find sacred. Sacred in this context is an extension of one’s belief held up in high esteem to the point where what is deemed sacred is god like. Religion is the frame that interprets what is sacred and gives it a name and a face. Christians, for example, view Christmas as a sacred time as it is the season of the birth of their savior; Jews view the Passover as sacred as it represents a time in their religious history where God passed over the Jews while sending a message to their enemies. What is sacred can manifest itself in any shape, form, or time; truly entering the fourth dimension of space. If something sacred is god like, what is sacred to those who do not have a God? How can something be sacred if there is not a frame of reference for the thing to be sacred? How can every decision a person makes be reflect what they find sacred, if they do not have a religious language to reflect this phenomena?