He was Fox company’s new CO. When he arrived he did succumb to the company’s unofficial relaxed standards. His uniform was starched and clean. He believed a Marines appearance should reflect combat readiness. He immediately started to improve the standard for Fox company. It reminded me when Bravo Company started our weekly uniform inspections and Captain Hollingsworth explained the broken window theory to the Marines. If all the little things are policed and taken care of, the big things will fall into place. They were moving to a new spot and once they had reached their destination the Marines were really tired and could’ve waited to dig their holes until the next day but Barber had a feeling that they should do it immediately. He had them do so and get into a horseshoe like formation. It was very important that he did because further into the night when a Marine saw a figure approaching the hill and challenged him, there was no response. So the Marine fired on the figure and hell broke loose on Captain Barber’s Marines. The Chinese had attacked the hill with thousands of Marines. They were soon up close and personal. Some of the Marines were mere feet away from the…
The barber relationship with Captain Torres is an unstable and dangerous relationship. The tension between the two at that extent creates a setting of discomfort and distrust .the reader have a clear understanding of the type of atmosphere or mood the barber and Torres face. This allows the reader to think…
In “Just Lather, That’s All” by Hernado Tellez, the barber, the protagonist of the story, is faced with a dilemma when he must determine whether it is right or wrong to commit murder. With his “destiny depend[ing] on the edge of [his] blade,” Tellez suppresses the barber’s final decision from the reader until the end of the story, in order hold their attention. Additionally, the indeterminate ending prevents the plot’s intrigue from dissolving by leaving much to the reader’s interpretation. There is no closure to the situation; because of the barber’s final decision, the captain’s exit from the barbershop arouses as many questions for the reader as does his arrival at the beginning of the story. This generates additional fear for the barber…
Opinion Essay Rough Copy The barber shouldn’t kill Torres. At the end of the story Torres tells the barber everyone thought he would be killed if he came to get his beard cut. The barber is clearly a well known man.…
Secondly, the barber would have been a coward because he would have to flee leaving all he had behind. He was well aware that he would have to run and thus he made a statement, “I would have to flee, leaving all I had behind, and take a refuge far away” (51). He would have to run, saving himself from Torres’ people. As he would have killed the captain cowardly, he had to hide his face from the society. He would have to find places to hide himself from Torres’ people. He might also have to lose his job. Furthermore, the barber would have been a coward because, he was vulnerable. He was weak and afraid of killing captain Torres, especially with his eyes open. Thus, when the captains’ eyes were closed, he whispered, “I could cut his throat just so – Zip, Zip! I would not give him time to resist and since his eyes were closed he would not see the glistening blade and my glistening eyes” (50). The barber would have thought that as the captains’ eyes were closed he might not come to know about his thoughts. The barber would even not give him the chance to perform any such actions which would create problems for him. Thus all such thoughts of the barber, about killing the…
The main character, the barber, an important character in the development of the story, has to deal with a life changing decision; he can either kill his enemy, Captain Torres, or he can choose a higher path and give him the perfect shave. Firstly, the barber has too much pride in his work. ‘’One of the tiny pores could be opened up and issue forth its pearl of blood. A good barber such as I prides…
12While comparing these two essay’s I have discovered many similarities. 13For one, both characters, like many of us, try to avoid harm. 14Gawaine protests that he needs a magic hat or word to protect him, proving that he is afraid of getting hurt. 15So too, the Barber’s final thought is that he doesn’t want harm from the General’s supporters. 16Another…
happen if he pursued his goals. The Barber thinks, “Murderer or hero? My destiny depends on the edge of this blade.” at this point we can understand how his choices will be the hinges to his destiny. In the end the Barber’s decision to spare Torres’ life impacted him discovering that Torres had a secret of his own.…
In the book, being a barber is the protagonist’s profession and desire. I can connect this to myself because I have a strong desire to play the piano 6 years ago, and I continue to do it today. This shows the similarities between the story and the experience in myself, by showing the type of passion that you are interested in and doing an activity that you are proficient in. In the quote, “I was also a conscientious barber, and proud of the preciseness of my profession, and this four days growth of beard was a fitting challenge,” this shows how the protagonist (the barber) expressed his enjoyment in shaving people and being a barber by using the words “proud”. Also, he expresses how he is dedicated into correctly shaving people, as well not showing any complaints of any challenges that he faces, which proves that it is his profession that he enjoys by not backing out in any circumstances.This also shows that he had no intention of killing Torres, even if he was faced with a decision in the future since shaving people is much more important in his life. In my experience with the piano, this shows that it is unlikely that I would play another instrument instead of the one that I had played for several years if given the decision to, which shows the amount of desire when playing the…
Although victory was theirs it is still a battle and not one of the characters know what is to come before and after their encounter with the greasy character. The character knows that things about to change but is uncertain how. The narrator describes the character as a “very bad character” (Boyle78) (9), not the bad character that the narrator see himself as but a worse character than he is. The narrator sees the greasy character as a true bad. Without question moments later an attack is launched on the narrator. The narrator combs through the “stiff hacked grass for the keys” (Boyle78) (S10). The stiff hacked grass refers to the situation at hand. It is hard for the narrator to contemplate what happens next as the air between him and this greasy character…
“Just Lather, That’s All” tends to set confliction in the minds of its readers. “The day he ordered the whole town to file into the patio of the school to see the four rebels hanging there, I came face to face with him for an instance. But the sight of the mutilated bodies kept me from noticing the face of the man who had directed it all, the face I was about to take into my hands,” said the barber. This quote shows the barber’s realization and emotion over the situation. “On the other hand I, with his razor in my hands, stroking and restroking his skin, trying to keep blood from oozing from these pores, can’t even think clearly. Curse him for coming, because I’m a revolutionary and not a murderer. And how easy it would be to kill him. And he deserves it. Does he? No! No one deserves to have someone else make the sacrifice of becoming a murderer. What do you gain by it? Nothing,” he thinks. This shows precisely the confliction and confusion of the barber’s emotions on the subject of murder.…
1. Why did you choose your visual symbol? Identify what kind of mood you were trying to project? Explain (5)…
The barber would have killed Captain Torres for the sake of the revolutionary group he was part of. However, there were risks that came with killing the captain: "I would have to flee, leaving all I have behind, and take refuge far away, far, far away. But they would follow until they found me." (Tellez, 16) Jack on the other hand, was mainly driven with the force of his own selfish reasons to be highly regarded among the boys, to get another chance at being leader. As seen in these stories as well as in human nature, a selfish motive is usually more motivating than a motive to help others; Jack decided to kill, while the barber decided not to because of the risks that were…
Did you ever come face-to face with the enemy? “I can remember one day when I was a new recruit, when the barber was…
He boasted that he changed his barber of many years' standing after finding another who would cut his hair for only £6.…