Barber

or not we know it, people go through problems every day. By considering the character of the barber from “Lather and Nothing Else”, the author demonstrates that adversity can reveal who we truly are. When people face adversity, it can bring people closer to their true self. The barber is very accomplished in his profession and takes great pride in his work. This is shown by the line “…I am a good barber, the best in this town,” and making sure that the Captain’s hair does not cause the razor to…

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…

adds the point of saying “nothing else” he means that the barber should not try to harm, kill or disturb the barber, even though the barber and captain are on different sides in the revolution. In all, the phrase “Lather and Nothing Else” means to do no more than he should as barber. Not to kill, just give the man a lathering. 6) On page 17, when the author says, “You are an executioner, I am only a barber. Each one to his job.” The barber is thinking that he should distract himself his thoughts…

“ Cha-Ching $$” That was Caesar Barber suing all of the fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, And KFC. Caesar Barber loves to eat fast food. He has been going to these fast food restaurants for years after work. He lives in New York City. Casar Barber sued all of the fast food restaurants just for his mistake. He said “ I thought that it was 100% beef and, that their should be WARNING LABELS”. Also, since he was eating four or five meals a week he had a heart attack. Do…

body and realizing that the enemy sniper was his brother. “Lather and Nothing Else” is set during a rebellion, where a barber, who is secretly an informer, is giving the anti-revolutionist captain, Torres, a shave. The barber debates whether he should kill Torres or not, and decides against it. At the end, Torres reveals to the barber that he was at the barber shop to see if the barber would kill him or not.…

the many jobs could serve as back up plans. Although I would love to become an obestrician gynecologist, I do, however, have back up plans. Those backup plans include becoming a Psychiatrist, Pediatrician, an African American history teacher, or a Barber. The details of each of these jobs have been deeply analyzed and taken into strong consideration. I can see myself obtaining any one of these jobs, and being successful at each. As an obestrician gynecologist, I would provide care and guidance…

Lather That’s All was set in Columbia in the 1900’s during a spanish war. The specific setting is a barber shop on a very hot summers day. To understand the story you need to understand who was involved in the conflict and what side the barber is on. When you understand the conflict of the story you understand what the story is about you can understand the internal conflict of the barber. The barber has an internal conflict about whether or not to kill the Captain or let him go. He either faces…

as Barber says, we can follow the microbrewing trend’s pattern. Valuing barley has helped Martens, as selling it for beer earns him 30% more than selling barley for animal feed (Barber 4). Martens utilizes cover crops to send nutrients into the soil. These cover crops can also be great for food, as Barber discovers. Trying sweet pea shoots grown for soil quality, Barber begins to think of the farm’s abundant cover crops less as culinarily unusable, but instead as a fresh salad bowl (Barber 4).…

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…

prisoner/Rebellions by killing them and hanging them. The two characters that were used in this story was the police officer Torres and the barber. The barber had grab many attention from the audience/ reader because he has many problems with the police officer who enters his store because he is the one to kill all his people and hang them dead. In Lather and Nothing Else the Barber is he going to let Captain Torres live or let him go out the store safely. The three arguments that supports the…