Lather And Nothing Else By Hernando Tellez Summary

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"Character is what you are in the dark." -Dwight Lyman Moody What does this quote mean? Well lets break this down "Character is what you are" So your character is who or what you are, so your reputation. "in the dark" basically when you are alone, how you act/behave. So if we put this all together, it is basically saying that, character is you when you're alone in the dark. This is true because sometimes, depending on who we are around, we act differently than if we were alone. In the short story "Lather and Nothing Else," Hernando Tellez uses the barber's inner thoughts, his actions, and his dedication to his job to show that the barber hides who he truly is. The barber acts as if he and Torres were friends, when really

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