Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for a woman to be submissive and to take more than her fair share of abuse from a man , and when a woman such as Delia, is entangled in a relationship , this tendency of her relationship is often magnified. This is the case with Delia Jones, the protagonist of the short story “Sweat.” The quote above shows readers a slight description of how Sykes, Delia’s husband views her. When reading this quote most readers would think, she would argue back and fight till her death. Not only because of what he said, but what he has done to her.
Good vs. Evil Are humans evil and do good to make up for their evilness or are they good and just make bad judgment calls? It is obvious through reading “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, and “The Black Cat’’ by Edgar Allen Poe that people are really good but make bad judgment calls. The first example of this is in “Lather and Nothing Else”.
However, Though Captain Torres and the barber are mortal enemies , they both have similar character traits. First, both are very serious about their work. Captain Torres has just spent four days hunting down rebels, and after he finishes his shave, he will execute them for the whole town to see.
With Donald Trump being the Republican nominee for the presidential election I believe Diane Guerrero’s story can be connected to many aspects of today’s society. The racist comments that Donald Trump has said about Mexicans and how he says he wants to build a wall to stop people coming to the U.S is what evokes this feeling of fear into undocumented families everyday. This fear is the same fear that Diane went through everyday not knowing whether her family was going to be safe from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). I wanted to know a bit more about Diane Guerrero’s life and how life was for her when her parents were deported to Columbia and I found an article named Op-Ed ‘ Orange is the New Black’ actress: My parents were deported , which mentions how Diane was basically by herself when her parents were deported.
The choice not to kill in “Lather and Nothing Else” In the short story “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez, the barber is given a choice to either kill Torres, or let him live. By not killing Torres, the barber saves his reputation and can continue to be conscientious and proud. When an unarmed Captain Torres walks into the shop for a shave, the barber is given a difficult decision to kill or not to kill him. “Yes.
Addiction is a complicated and challenging condition that affects millions of people around the world. The consequences of drug addiction can be devastating for individuals and for society. Addiction can cause numerous health issues, and changes to personal life with friends and family. The play “Sweat” by Lynn Nottage highlights addiction, her characters Tracey and Brucie both face addiction after traumatic experiences. The play “Sweat” calls attention to the challenges that people and families dealing with addiction face.
Should the barber become a murderer or let the horrific man live?. “Just Lather That’s All” by Hernando Téllez is a short story about a barber conflicted with the thoughts of killing a man or letting him live and if he let the man live let the man kill and hunt his fellow rebels and friends. Firstly, the barber didn't sacrifice his own morals by killing a man known as Torres even if that man has done horrible things. Also, killing the man might not have changed very much on the issue of people killing the rebels. I personally believe the barber did the right thing by letting the man go unharmed.
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.
n the short story, Dubus uses the main character, Louise, to portray the issues many women struggle with, and that is the struggle of fitting in with society because of their physical appearance. Everyone, especially women, wants to be comfortable in their own skin, but society pressures them to feel that they have to be thin before they can be truly happy and accepted into society. Many women go through the painful process of changing their looks, and in turn changing who they are, in order to achieve this happiness and acceptance, they long for. Shows us that everyone wants to be comfortable in their own skin, but society makes them feel like they have to look a certain way in order to enjoy luxuries of life. Society pressures women to look
“Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurtson exemplifies the amount of disrespect and domestic abuse a woman can handle. It also demonstrated how some males view women in a distasteful and unsatisfied way. Gender and sexuality can initiate most of the specific tactics of domestic violence that can dehumanize an individual, especially women. Zora Neale Hurtson’s character, Delia Jones, demonstrates how women can transition from being inferior to becoming superior in a domestic relationship. The story opened with Delia washing clothes for white people on Sunday, and Sykes verbally abused her for dishonoring God because she was washing clothes that belong to white people on the Sabbath day.
The barber isn’t a murderer, he is a barber. However, he could easily become a murderer based on his next decisions and he knows that. If the barber killed Captain Torres, he would be seen in two dramatically different ways. The barber would be known as “‘Captain Torres’ murderer.
Everyone gets worried sometime in their life. In Gary Soto 's short story “La Bamba” the main character, Manuel, thinks”Why did i raise my hand?”He is worried about what will happen and how he will be perceived. In “La Bamba” Manuel has volunteered to pretend to sing “La Bamba” in front of the whole school for a talent show. Manuel starts becoming worried because he wants to impress people, especially a girl he likes. He doesn 't know what will happen and how he will be perceived during his act so he is very worried until the climax of the story.
This is a short film that follows the story of Alicia Lutz, a prostitute working the streets on a normal night. She is helping a particular newby learn the ropes of the job. In the process the newby turns to her and asks her “How did you become a hooker?” Alicia eyes widen to this question.
When examing the story about Hendrik Albertus and Mey, the relationship between master and slaves is evidently unique. In the beginning of the story, one can find an expected relationship where the slave does something that the master does not like causing the master to therefore punish the slave. This was seen in the story when Mey and some other slaves “dawdled and resturned to their jobs a half-hour late.” Hendrik is upset by the disrespect from his slaves and has his son punish them to the extreme. Because the slaves disobeyed his master, this form of punihsment was not unconventional.
In the short story “Powder” by Tobias Wolff the author writes a story about a father and a son with a troubled relationship as they try to go home on Christmas eve. During this time period it is about the 1920’s around the time of the Great Depression. When the stock market crashed it affected the father, the son and this story. The obvious conflict is between the mother and the father because the son has been brought home late by the father and has been given one last chance to take his son out and bring him home on time. This paper will discuss how the word usage throughout the story helps us to determine that the conflict is growing and beginning to reach its peak.
