The barber had the chance to kill him with the razor when he was shaving near Torres’ Adam’s apple. The barber thought about slitting his throat with the razor but stopped himself when the following thoughts came to his mind. For example, he stated “a blade like this doesn’t fail. It is my best. But I don’t want to be a murderer, no sir.
Destiny English 1301 Section No. 60 Mrs. Etherington December 12, 2014 Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli: Final Discussion Question #9 The story Hansel and Gretel remind Misha about holocaust because of Janina. Hansel and Gretel is about a brother and sister on who was left out in the woods and runs into a house that is supposed to take out of their hunger because its decorated full with candy. Its like an sign of hope, but instead inside they meet an old women who wants to get rid of them. She tell them all kinds of torture that she wants to do to them, and tries to trick them into the oven.
The narrator, a barber and a revolutionary, gets a visit from a general, who is an enemy of the revolutionaries. The narrator, while shaving the general, thinks about how to kill/hide the body of the general and how it would change his life. He does not, he sticks to his job as a barber and lets the general walk away without a nick. A different example
Just Lather, That’s all by Hernando Tellez is written from the first person point of view of Hernando. Hernando Tellez of Columbia is a detailed storyteller remembering a surprise visit from an enemy. One advantages that Hernando story brings to the reader is honestly and a loyalty to the situation that he was put in when the enemy came through the door. Has he mentions, “Yes, I was secretly a rebel, but I was a conscientious barber…” with this reader understands the “that’s all” part of the title (430).
Consider the story was written in any other point of view the readers would not get the same suspenseful effect, especially at the end of the story. As Captain Torres left he says, “They kept saying you would kill me”(Tellez 2). As the story went on the readers had no clue what the captain was thinking, and only that he was having a good shave. We only knew the bad anxiety that the barber was having because the barber didn’t know whether to kill the caption or not. Supposing
Various minority groups have long histories of oppression, including Native Americans, and the brutality that they endured in the past has shaped their race today. In an attempt to advocate for better conditions, Native Americans are spreading awareness for a greater future. Linda Hogan is a writer of Chickasaw Native descent and often incorporates “Southeastern tribal histories and [native] spirits and culture” (Wikipedia contributors) in her work. “Tear” takes on the perspective of a Chickasaw Native, first in the past recounting hardships, then to the present to reflect on the speaker’s connection to others in her tribe. The poem also describes the environment that surrounds natives and the neglection of their lives.
In Hernando Tellez’s short story, “Lather and Nothing Else”, Tellez successfully creates suspense throughout the story, a story about a barber and his dilemma of whether or not he should kill his enemy, who also happens to be his client. The story is entertaining yet suspenseful from using a variety of strategies to create suspense throughout the story. Tellez uses two main methods throughout the story, first person point of view and the two main conflicts introduced in the story. Since Tellez uses first person point of view it makes the reader feel like they are the main character himself. The reader goes through the main character's thought process, making readers wonder what the main character is planning.
Sweat is a 2017 playwright piece by Lynn Nottage (produced by Dramatists Play Service, Inc). The show covers an array of themes including industrialization, race, economics, and addiction. It follows a group of nine characters, all living within the same Pennsylvania community. The characters also all work for the same factory, “Olstead’s.” The shows swap back between 2 different years: 2000 and 2008.
(Internal Conflict) • He is contemplating and listing the pros and cons of murdering Torres. He asks himself many questions such as, “What do I gain from it?... Does he deserve it?”. The barber realizes that if he kills Torres he would have to flee;
In “Lather and Nothing Else” a short story by Hernando Tellez, the barber did make the right decision of not murdering Captain Torres because the barber doesn’t ruin his reputation and he knows that he’s not a murderer. By not killing Torres, the barber doesn’t ruin his reputation of being a barber which means he can keep doing his job. The barber is fond of how “[he’s] doing [his] job honorably” (Tellez par. 20) and that he is respected for how well he performs his job. Since the barber is known for being incredibly skilled at his craft, the thought of killing someone while doing what he is passionate about will be a great dishonor to him.
The barber was sharpening his razors for his next customer when a captain who has murdered a lot of people walks in looking for a shave. When the barber recognized the captain, he “started to tremble”. Hoping to conceal my emotions, I continued sharpening the razor” (Téllez 1). This evidence proves how the pressure he was facing helped him make the decision by showing how the barber started to tremble in fear at the sight of the killer captain, showing he is nervous, it can also be seen that he is concealing his emotions, showing us how he is worried that the captain might find out that the barber is aware of what the captain does. These 2 factors when he was under pressure led him to the easy flowing, and quick decision to continue to sharpen his razor and not say, or do anything that could jeopardize himself.
Completion to Admission The barber and Captain Torres have an intense relationship as Torres knows that the barber could kill him at an instant, and the barber knows that he has an opportunity to either be an avenger for his people or a coward murderer. Hernando Tellez keeps the reader interested from the start of the story until the end of the story by developing the characters well and by keeping the plot exciting. Lather and Nothing Else adds a taste of excitement that makes the reader imagine what could happen and how it could turn out to be. Tellez also makes some references to other media and literature like the barber could be related to a novice killer that is nervous and afraid.
On September 11, 2001, tragedy struck the city of New York. On that fateful day, two airplanes were hijacked by terrorists and flew straight into the twin towers. Each tower fell completely to the ground, taking thousands of lives with it and injuring thousands more. Not only did that day leave thousands of families without their loved ones, it also left an entire city and an entire country to deal with the aftermath of the destruction. Poet, Nancy Mercado, worries that one day people will forget that heartbreaking day.
1. To what extent can Les Belles Soeurs be seen to have, directly or indirectly, a social or political purpose? Explore how it achieves its purpose. Les Belles Soeurs, A play written in 1965 by Michel Tremblay is seen to directly and indirectly have a social purpose. The play carries out various events that occur in the lives of working class women that may shock the audience, which consists of higher class people.
This essay tries to answer two philosophical points of view the Platonic which is more about living a good and just life or the Machiavellian which is summed up by; the means justify the ends. Both of these views have their own ethical way to bring about justice in the beholders eyes. The scene I’m going to use portrays the final part of the trial of Private Santiago's murder, Colonel Jessup is testifying and being cross examined by Lieutenant Kaffee, from the film A Few Good Men.
