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Just Lather, That's All

by Hernando Téllez

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Just Lather, That's All

"Just Lather, That's All" makes use of a number of different literary devices, including metaphor and simile, overstatement, onomatopoeia, and irony.

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Just Lather, That's All

The irony in Hernando Téllez's "Just Lather, That's All" is situational. The barber, who is secretly a rebel, has the opportunity to kill Captain Torres, an enemy, but chooses not to. The twist is...

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We see irony used at the end of the story to reveal Captain Torres' motives. We don't expect to find out that he went to the barber in order to be killed, because it contradicts everything we learn...

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The last paragraph of "Just Lather, That's All" reveals Captain Torres's awareness of the barber's dilemma. Torres, who embodies a threat to rebels, acknowledges the difficulty of killing, implying...

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Captain Torres' final remark in "Just Lather, That's All" profoundly impacts the reader by revealing that he knew of the barber's revolutionary ties and came to test him. This twist shifts the power...

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Both "Just Lather, That's All" and "The Gift of the Magi" employ situational irony to create surprising endings. In "Just Lather, That's All," the barber believes Captain Torres is unaware of his...

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