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    Day of the Last Rock Fight and Lather, and Nothing Else contrast essay Everyone has light and darkness in them, but what sets each person apart is which they decide to side with. Peter, from “The Day of the Last Rock Fight” (add author) and The Barber from “Lather, and Nothing Else” (add author) may have learned ones decision process is very important, and both have had the opportunity to take a life, but their different decisions (including how they deal with problems), and their outcomes…

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    different short stories, several characters has confronted this kind of conflict. In the short story, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”, Andy struggles with his relationship to the Royals. In the same way, the barber in “Just Lather That’s All” battles his feelings over his loyalty to his troop. Andy and the barber both encountered an inner conflict as a result of their struggle with their own self that eventually results in identifying their genuine identity. In the following paragraphs, the inner…

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    The stories “The Possibility of Evil” and “Just Lather, Thats All” both exemplify a similar use of irony, conflict and theme. In the story The Possibility of Evil Firstly, The Possibility of evil and “Just Lather, That’s All” expresses dramatic, situational, and verbal irony. One example of dramatic irony is when Miss Strangeworth is so conncentrated that she drops one of the letters and does not notice. This is ironic as we now know that Miss Strangeworth is going to be caught. Another…

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    main character of Gregory decides to press the trigger whereas the barber couldn’t bring himself to cross his moral line and commit a cold-blooded murder. This proves how confusion and pressure can cause a person to make tough decisions. In Lather and Nothing Else, the barber is portrayed as a man with high morals and the morals are set into play as soon as Captain Torres, his enemy, walks in his shop for a shave. This puts the barber in a situation of internal conflict where he has to decide on…

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    Furthermore, the citizens fail to recognize the benefits that result from a well-developed educational system; such as the power to think critically and to comprehend the true meaning of freedom. In Benjamin Barber’s article, “America Skips School,” Barber discusses how society continues to undermine the progress made in classrooms, labeling the educational system as irrelevant. The people within American society justify their actions with well-meant intentions, however, they rarely act on those…

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    Why So Fat Is Bad

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    Why So Fat LOOK OUT A GIANT BOWLING BALL!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait it’s just Caesar Barber. In New York City a citizen named Caesar Barber ate fast food every day of every week.Then became 1million pounds. He got this way by eating at fast food restaurant like McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC and Wendy’s. This happened because he wasn’t responsible with his food choices. After Gaining 300 pounds he had a heart attack and when he recovered his Dr.’s told him that he had to lose 100 pounds. But,…

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    then it would be even harder for students to be accepted to college, decreasing the amount of colleges throughout the world. Benjamin R. Barber is the author of “Excerpt from ‘America Skips School,’” in which he…

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    As the barber lathers soap onto Torres’ warm neck and slides the blade downward, cleaning off the thick frothy layer of soap, along with hair from the man's beard, he thinks about the position that he is in. At any moment, he could slit the Captain's throat with his sharp, shiny razor in just a matter…

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    As I walked into the local barber shop for my weekly shave, I walked in on the barber sharpening his his razors. Per my usual routine, I hung up my bullet studded belt together with my military hat, and said “It’s hot as hell, give me a shave.” Slightly inclined in the barbers chair, I explained that several other troops of mine would have the same length beard as I. As I continued to talk, the barber enveloped a sheet around my redden neck and I shut my eyes out of fatigue. He began to apply…

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    cooper), being attacked and raped . The story shows the effects the rumor had on the fictional town and characters . Once the barbers got a hold of the rumor they try to get to the bottom of the rumor . The barbers begin to jump to conclusions . A barber for a hero? Gothic stories seem to always have a character trying to be the hero of the town / story . In Dry September, the barbers are the ones who are jumping to conclusions…

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