most people‚ and for some people this is what their whole life is based on. Conflict is all around us and we have to deal with it every day and knowing how to deal with it is very important. In the short story “Lather that’s all” written by Hernando Tellez the author shows the challenge of conflict and how we need to balance conflict in the decisions we make. A lot of people can get really worked up with conflict because we usually want to be or do better than whatever is challenging us‚ and we
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In the story Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Téllez‚ the barber should not have killed commander Torres. When the barber asked how many prisoners they took‚ Commander Torres answered‚ “Fourteen‚ we had to go pretty far into the forest to get them.” Which implies that he has many men so if he ever died they would just get a new leader. This leader could be good or bad‚ but we don’t know and not knowing gives the possibility that it could be worse. At the end of the story‚ he says‚ “that it’s hard
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The barber in the story of “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez is a very interesting character. He is a revolutionary whose day-to-day profession is one of a barber and to act as a spy for the rebellion within the town. His troubles begin when Captain Torres‚ the leader of the troops stationed within the town‚ walks into his shop for a shave. Unbeknownst to the captain‚ the two are sworn enemies that fight on opposite sides of the regime. With this knowledge‚ one can see that his actions
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As people know‚ the easiest option isn’t always the right one. But the most obvious choices aren’t always the easiest‚ either. “Lather and nothing else” written by Hernando Tellez. A short story of a saga. Starts with a barber who has to shave a captain’s beard. However‚ he’s a killer who has the urge to kill the captain‚ since a lot of people want to kill the captain. The essay will be about how the barber keeps mentioning murder‚ but vaguely in different forms of words (foreshadowing). Also‚ the
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In “Lather and Nothing Else”‚ by Hernando Tellez‚ a barber is mentally fighting with himself as he decides if he should enroll on the act of murder for the sake of the revolution. The story is suspenseful due to its first person view‚ the protagonist’s indecisive thoughts‚ and slow build up. A first person view will reveal the narrator’s personal thoughts. This includes the narrator’s feelings and possible future actions towards the current event. The protagonist exposes his fear and attempts to
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In “lather and nothing else” by Hernando Tellez‚ the barber suggests that one should be aware of the consequences of the actions they are about to take. Throughout the short story the barber denotes righteousness and cautiousness. The barber is a righteous individual because when Torres walks in the shop and takes a seat to get his beard shaved‚ the barber says to himself “the sight of those mutilated bodies kept me from paying attention to the face” because Torres was the barber’s enemy‚ he had
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Hernando Téllez’s “Just Lather‚ That’s All” encompasses many struggles faced by societies in unrest. However‚ the point most heavily focused on by the narrator focuses upon his belief that every individual has a specific role within society. I am in agreeance with the barber in the sense that‚ in my opinion‚ everyone does have a role in society based upon the job that they choose. This is because I think that our current society would not be able to function efficiently if people did not have any
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1 Jessica Villalobos La señora moore El español ll Hernando De Soto Hernando was born in the early 1530s‚ in a community called Extremurda. He was the second son of Francisco Mendez De Soto and Leonor Arias Tinoco. He was very tall and muscular. (see figure 1)He was more interested in adventuring and exploring then education. His first experience as a sailor was with Pedro Arias de Ávila to Central America in 1514. Hernando‚ Ponce de Leon and Francisco Companion conquered Nicaragua in
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Rice Su Mrs. Murphy ENG2D1 Monday‚ March 17‚ 2014 Profit is everything In Lather and Nothing Else and The Bicycle In short stories that will be discussed‚ Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Tellez and The Bicycle by Jillian Horton‚ both authors convey an idea of “profit is everything” which is implied in the plot. Ostensibly‚ these two stories are both talking about the theme of choice which can be seen many times over the course of them. Essentially‚ even though the way of making choices is different
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Hernando Cortez Was Hernando Cortez a good or evil man? This debate has been argued over the years and still is today. Those who say Cortez is an evil man seem to focus singularly on the actions that the great Spanish conquistador has inflicted upon the Aztecs and the surrounding Indians. Not once do they look at the reasons why he performed the actions that many say were horrible acts of violence and manslaughter. These accusations of greed and murder of the Aztecs‚ as well as his own against
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