Just Lather That's All Summary

In the short story “Just Lather, That's All”, all three types of irony are presented. The first irony I noticed was verbal irony. In the text it says “A man of imagination, because who else would have thought of hanging the naked rebels and then holding target practice on their bodies?” which is an example of verbal irony. This means that what is said is not what is actually meant. As readers, we know that the barber is a rebel himself and Captain Torres is his enemy. Torres is hunting down the rebels which obviously angers the barber therefore he would not have genuinely complimented him. The barber saying that Torres is a man of imagination is really a mockery and means that his idea of hanging naked rebels is quite frankly a horrible idea