Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Just Lather, That's All

Go to the link below and read the story...Afterwards answer the questions... http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/velez/LAS100/tellez.htm

  1. We learn from the comments in the beginning that the customers's presence is making him nervous. When does it become clear that the two characters are on opposite sides of a political struggle?

  2. Why does the barber feel it would be wrong to let Torres go? Why, on the other hand, does he believe it would be wrong to take the captain's life? In what way can the decision he makes affect the course of his own life?

  3. What, in the end, is the barber's reason for sparing Torres?

  4. Near the end of the story, the narrator makes a suprising suggestion that there is a fine linke between a reputation as a hero and a reputation as a murderer. Do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Can you give some examples form real life to support your view?

  5. Irony of situation. Which of the story's circumstances are the opposite of what would be expected or considered appropriate? Hint: barber and the executioner. Find support.

  6. Verbal Irony. Which characters says one thing and means another? What is ironic about the barber's claim that he is a revolutionary and not a murderer?

  7. Dramatic Irony. This is when a reader knows something that a character does not. Examples?? Last paragraph....how is that turned around or reversed?

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