Summary of "Just lather, that's all"
...where he has to face making an important decision of whether or not to kill the Captain. Dilemma of whether he should kill Torres to become the martyr or keep himself as anonymous, do as what barber should do. At the end, the barber decides not to kill Captain Torres and let him go. As a result the barber finds out that Captain was not at all that different from him. At the beginning when the barber puts on the shaving cream, he thinks rationally and calmly. He asks Torres about his job and career and focus on his job of lathering his beard. With each stroke of the blade there is less shaving cream remaining on the general face and with the less shaving cream on his face the less rationally the barber thinks. He thinks about how each of the tiny pores could be opened up and tissue forth it’s pearl of blood. The barber mind starts thinking about how many rebels he has ordered to be shot. Negative thoughts are rambling in the barber’s head. When there is shaving cream on Torres face, he seems to think clearly, feeling safer that he doesn’t have to do the deed. He adds a little more lather un...