Great comment Mr. Tsui! My interpretation reading the story is that since Torres knew that there was a chance the barber could murder, there is no way that Torres came in defenseless. Torres was ready to fight the barber, and to his surprise after many assassination attempts, the barber didn’t kill him. The barber had such a golden opportunity but didn’t take it, thus Torres figured that the barber wouldn’t take any opportunities to kill him. Since it was revealed in the end that Torres doesn’t enjoy ending lives, I interpreted the story that the barber will be left off as Torres wouldn’t want to kill someone who wouldn’t kill him. If the roles were reversed, I believe the same outcomes would have occurred where they both survive since it was
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Wars are so draining on everyone that citizens often forget the purpose of why there is a war. Wars have a devastating effect on people who had no hand in whatever conflict. It made me think about how it wasn’t discussed in the story that killing Captain Torres may seem to be a good thing for the rebels, but it could leave devastating effects to those closest to Torres. In a way, killing and wars are selfish as the perpetrator doesn’t consider the bigger scheme of who is affected. As for the role leaders have with exemplifying negative characteristics, it’s extremely important. Many people have a mob mentality and mindlessly follow the leader for many reasons, fear, love and belonging. Can you even begin to imagine how history could be different without such leaders? If Hitler never lead the holocaust, then a movement of anti semitism would have never been eradicated across Germany. It’s mind boggling how much one person can effect a group of people. If the barber killed Torres, then that may have inspired the rebels to become violent and adopt extremist views that killing is okay if it’s an enemy. The ending question is excellent, and there isn’t a single answer as every leader is an individual thus they’re all different. I’m sure there are a lot of factors, how much do I want to win this war? Is it worth dying? To close off, this has been a great discussion Mr.
Wars are so draining on everyone that citizens often forget the purpose of why there is a war. Wars have a devastating effect on people who had no hand in whatever conflict. It made me think about how it wasn’t discussed in the story that killing Captain Torres may seem to be a good thing for the rebels, but it could leave devastating effects to those closest to Torres. In a way, killing and wars are selfish as the perpetrator doesn’t consider the bigger scheme of who is affected. As for the role leaders have with exemplifying negative characteristics, it’s extremely important. Many people have a mob mentality and mindlessly follow the leader for many reasons, fear, love and belonging. Can you even begin to imagine how history could be different without such leaders? If Hitler never lead the holocaust, then a movement of anti semitism would have never been eradicated across Germany. It’s mind boggling how much one person can effect a group of people. If the barber killed Torres, then that may have inspired the rebels to become violent and adopt extremist views that killing is okay if it’s an enemy. The ending question is excellent, and there isn’t a single answer as every leader is an individual thus they’re all different. I’m sure there are a lot of factors, how much do I want to win this war? Is it worth dying? To close off, this has been a great discussion Mr.