Lather And Nothing Else By Hernando Tellez

Decisions are something we face daily and are a part of our lives that we cannot change or avoid. In the short story Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Tellez decision-making is a major theme. It could change the story very easily if different decisions were made by the characters. All decisions have negative and positive impacts on people and we cannot avoid the negative effects in the process of making one.

Decisions made in this book help us to understand the characters more in-depth. The biggest decision that shows us the character of the barber is when he decides not to kill Captain Torres. This shows that even though they are enemies and Captain Torres could have the barber killed in a second that he is not the kind of person to kill someone without a concrete reason. The barber deals with an internal conflict with himself in the decision to continue shaving or to kill him. If he was to kill them right then and there, he would not have to worry about his enemy anymore. However, if he was to kill him than he would have other people mad at him which might only make the situation worse. Leaving him with a tough decision to make involving life and death.

Also with decision-making, we have to be careful and think of all the possible outcomes.

Every decision made affects people either negatively or positively. In the decision of killing Captain Torres or not, the barber had to think of everything that could happen if he was or wasn't to kill him. If he killed him, some people might be mad at him and want him dead even more than before. Although if he didn't, he would have to live the rest of his life not knowing if they would come and kill him before he had the chance to kill them. He was scared of being killed because he was part of a revolution and Captain Torres was responsible for killing the people involved. In the end, the barber decided that he saw himself not as a murderer but as a

barber.

Another main part of decision making is that it shows how you feel and how you react to situations. If the barber was having a bad day, he might have made a different decision and killed Captain Torres. Sometimes when we are in a bad mood, it affects how we think and makes us easily mad and think more negatively. It shows how you react to situations by if you make decisions quick and don't completely think them through or if you take your time and figure out what could be a result of your actions. The barber clearly thinks through his decisions before fulfilling them. He would've killed him right when he walked in but decided to shave his head instead which gave him more time to think. He decided not to kill him after he took some time and realized it wasn't his best option at the moment.

In conclusion, decision-making affects all people in different ways and depends on the situation. All situations have different intensities which affect how we react and feel about the situation. Decision-making helps show our character and who we are. It makes us think of all the possible results and how our decisions would affect other people. Also, it shows us how people are feeling and how they react to certain situations. It is a part of our everyday lives that we have to deal with and can't avoid. Decision-making helps to show us who people really are and how they will act when put in situations where their decisions could affect other people greatly.