Analysis Of Lather And Nothing Else By Hernando Tellez

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In the short story “Lather And Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez, the barber made the correct choice in letting captain Torres live, because the barber would have been killed, and isn’t a murderer, and loves being a barber. The barber made the correct decision, if he had killed the Captain the barber would have been killed. So it would not have helped anything, but had gotten The barber killed. In the barber’s mind “ what good could come of that? None, of course” (Tellez, 2). Letting Captain Torres live means that the barber will stay alive as well and continue sending in information about the captain's whereabouts. If the barber had decided to kill Torres it wouldn’t have solved anything but cause even more problems for both sides, like another

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