Fiction and the Business Lesson
What would workers do if they are faced with an adversity that is conflicting with their personal beliefs, self-esteem, and professionalism? Many times, workers are forced to decide which of the three issues they should choose, a problem that makes their decision-making very difficult. This paper selected story, "Just Lather, That's All," coincides with these issues. This paper shall also analyze how the entertainment aspects of this story relate to the lesson it teaches about business.
Settings
"Just Lather, That's All" is a story of a barber, a former revolutionary rebel, that is face with an adverse decision to either kill his adversary, Captain Torres, by slitting his throat with a razor or let him go. The story is told from the barber's point of view and the story is in first person. The character is the barber who is talking to the reader. The venue takes place in a barbershop. This character must service a customer who he very clearly loathes. He is also contemplating on killing Captain Torres. The character have identified his adversary and made it clear to the reader. When Captain Torres enters in the shop, the barber held in reserve his emotion as stated in the story, "When I recognized him I started to tremble. But he didn't notice. Hoping to conceal my emotion, I continued to sharpening the razor" (Tellez, 1996, p.89).
Characters and their interaction
The author, Hernando Tellez, gives description of the barber, Captain, and the scene. This helps the reader to visualize the scene very well. Two characters are identified in the story are round and flat characters. Characters that changes or evolves over the course of a narrative or appears to have the capacity for su ...