Cowardice is knowing what you should do and then declining to do it. This is evident in the story “Just lather that’s all” by Donald A. Yates. The Baber knows that the right thing to do is kill the captain but he is too big of a coward. He has no courage, cares too much for his reputation and is selfish. The barber is supposedly a rebel but he cannot sacrifice for the benefit of others, he would much rather care about his reputation and what others think of him. He worries too much about his own safety and livelihood to realize how many lives he is endangering.
As a human being with good morals the barber lacks courage; the fact that he chose not to kill Captain Torres exemplifies this and how he fails to take initiative. He claims to be a
As a human being with good morals the barber lacks courage; the fact that he chose not to kill Captain Torres exemplifies this and how he fails to take initiative. He claims to be a