Rebellion In 'Just Lather And Nothing Else'

Rebels
A rebel is the act of an individual refusing to listen or follow authority. Rebels are characters who fight for their own ideals. They will do anything almost being malevolent to destroy the limits set up against them. There are three characters that established themselves as “rebels”, from the short story unit. Captain Torres from “Just Lather and Nothing Else” , The group of children from “Green Gulch”, and Nick from ‘Let It Ride” are characters that refused to follow vital human morals
In the Latin American culture, especially during a period of violence boys were raised to be “machisomo”which means tough in Latin American. Many of these men, including the character, Captain Torres in “Just Lather And Nothing Else” demonstrated rebellious behaviour because of it. Captain Torres established himself as a social rebel though multiple events. He knew that the barber is a member of the rebel group and has been warned that the barber will kill him if he goes in there. Despite the warning, Captain Torres walked into the barber shop to receive the haircut: “I could cut this throat just so, zip! zip! . . .” (Téllez 3) The barber had multiple provoking thoughts throughout the

They need to claim themselves as mature humans with thoughts and ideas of their own. This is a normal part of development and can appear in rebellious behavior against society. This can occur on either a large or small scale. In the short story “Green Gulch” by Loren Eiseley , the group of children displayed rebellious demeanour on a very large scale. The children”… pounded him to death with the stones” (Eiseley 1) This states that they ultimately killed the innocent turtle. Secondly they beat up an innocent bystander. Both actions taken by the children evidently proved that, they had no moral knowledge. They went against everything they were taught and caused major