Imagery is another tool an author can use to grasp the reader’s attention. The short story Just Lather That’s All by Hernando Tellez makes great use of imagery. For instance a powerful example of this would be when the barber was imagining the amount of blood that would be on his hands if he gave in to killing captain Torres. “And the blood would keep inching along the floor,” this phrase perfectly captures how the author wants the reader to feel. Disgusted yet intrigued. Another way the author uses imagery in the short story is right when the barber starts to shave Torres’s beard, “The razor rasped along, making its customary sounds as fluffs of lather mixed with bits of hair gathered along the blade.” The author’s use of imagery makes it
