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Hernando Tellez Analysis

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Have you ever pondered on the fact that one simple decision can change your life as you know it? Your everyday acts may alter your future to the point that it completely changes who you are. In this short story, Hernando Tellez guides you through the path of choice with symbolism and irony. The barber’s razor in this amazing piece of writing is a symbol of life and death, and our choice to act on emotions or contemplate the other possibilities. “My destiny depends on the edge of this blade…”, this statement shows the extremity of the situation. Here we can see that the act which he will do next are bound to determine who he is and what his future will carry. The razor’s owner knows how crucial it is for him to make the proper decision.

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