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The famous Bob Marley once sang, “Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.” Marley is saying that a man should be able to make his own choice and not do what others think. This ties into the story “Lather and Nothing Else” written by Hernando Tellez because the barber is in a dilemma on whether or not he should kill an enemy he is shaving. His destiny depends on his choice. The barber, his enemy, and the author's literary device helps develop the theme of making a decision that can be…

foods into the brain of Americans. With such a negative portrayal people are finding themselves confused about what genetically modified really means. The question has arisen, what is the truth behind GM foods? Pamela Bailey the author of “GMOs Are Nothing to Fear”, an article from the U.S. News, uses scientific facts and findings to argue the point that GM foods are safe to our health and ultimate a technology that is lifesaving. “GMOs; friend of foe?”, a 2012 article published in the Natural…

you will notice “nothing gold can stay”. With the changing of the seasons, the growth of the plant changes. The same is with life. As you go through different seasons of your life, you can see yourself change; for better, or for worse. One aspect of life in which the tables can turn is innocence. As portrayed in Robert Frost’s poem; “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, the characters in The Outsiders also change according to the seasons in their life. When you are first born, you know nothing of the evil…

Role of Adversity on Identity Adversity is something we all face no matter how small or significant. Whether 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…

Nothing Matters And I’m okay with that. Nothing. Matters. Which means that everything does. The irrevocable truth of the matter is that the wilderness of 2016 was simply a ride through hell and back. Trapped in the cyclical nature of suffering and hoping and suffering more, I fermented, transforming from juice to vinegar, with no state of wine in between. Siddhartha’s samsara rested in me dragging me through the years of suffering. I Dreamed a Dream became the anthem that played…

Refugees Flee With Nothing Ha, like many refugees around the world, are fleeing home and encounter challenges that make them feel inside out, like the lack of resources to flee their country. While Ha is fleeing Saigon by boat, she says, “The ration is now half a clump of rice only at morning and night and one cup of water all day.” (Lai, 88) Unfortunately, Ha and her family are getting even worse rations of old, moldy, expired rice. But it is the only thing to eat, so the refugees are forced…

Lather and Nothing Else In the story “Lather or Nothing Else” a police officer who punishes/ Rebellions his 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…

Ernest M. Hemingway An extraordinary author was once quoted saying, “There is nothing to writing, all you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” This author is none other than Ernest Miller Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway was an American writer that began his career at the age of seventeen. He was in World War I, and after he came back, he became a reporter for both American and Canadian newspapers. His writing was mostly during the post-war Depression Era. Hemingway was born July 21,…

The 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…

Now that Heidegger has established one can encounter the nothing through anxiety, one may analyze more deeply a response to the question “what is the nothing” and also to the connection between the manifestation of nothing in anxiety and beings as a whole. However first, it is important to note that though one can encounter the nothing through anxiety, we are not able to willfully experience the nothing. Additionally, anxiety reveals the nothing, but does not control it. Moreover, just because…