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Summary Of Just Lather That's All

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The Barber’s Brave and Heroic Act In the short story, “Just Lather, That’s All” by Hernando Tellez, the barber makes the right decision by not killing Caption Torres. He makes the right choice because he wants to be known for his job as a barber, he does not want to be a murderer, and because he does not want to deal with the aftermath; if he killed him. To start off, the barber has a passion for his job and enjoys it. He wants to be the best barber in town. The barber says, “Yes, I was secretly a rebel, but I was also a conscientious barber, and proud of the preciseness of my profession.” (Tellez 49). This shows how the barber values his job and weighs it equally with his responsibilities of being a rebel. This displays that the barber makes

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