Essays on Barber

“Beginning with the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and Egypt, barber shops have historically been a place where men have gathered for not only a haircut, but often for friendly talk about local happenings, politics, news, weather, sporting events, and anything else under the sun”(Hudson’s...

In Hernando Tellez’s “Just Lather, That’s All,” the barber would have been a coward if he had killed Captain Torres. This is because the barber would not like to commit the biggest sin of his career, which was to spill a drop of the client’s...

Everyday is a struggle to make the right decision between what is right and what is wrong. Or what is good and what is evil. Or what is moral and what is immoral. In “Just Lather, That’s All” by Hernando Tellez, the barber encounters this...

In Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Téllez, the barber has a choice of whether or not to kill the captain or to let him go. The barber makes the right choice because he wants to be known as the best barber in town not...