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i. Where does the story take place?In a small town barber shop, somewhere in Mexico. ii. When does the story take place?At about two-twenty in the hot as hell afternoon.He maybe the Author, or he calls himself a secretly rebel, but also a conscientious barber. iii. What was the occupation (job) of the Protagonist? How did he feel about his job?He calls himself a secretly rebel, but also a conscientious barber, and proud of the preciseness of his profession. iv. Why does the Author use the first person point of view in the story?A method of revealing characters personalities by directly telling readers, I'm assuming that the narrator is telling his own story. v. What do you find out about the Antagonist? What kind of person is he?Captain Torres was on a rebel-hunting excursion, but a kind person with job on his hand. Wasn't afraid of death. He was playing his cool. Clint Eastwood style.
Person versus himself, the barber feels guilty wanting to kill, but knowing he's a revolutionary and not a murderer. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**A Short Story about a conflict between a Captain and a barber. Then he moved, He motioned to his troop to dismount and follow him, He sprang forward agilely and brought down his right arm with swift military. Was Torres being Macho or did he have a death wish. Saying "When I recognized him I started to tremble". Do a thought web of the Antagonist, and then write a paragraph. How does the title relate to the story?The barber had a picture in his mind on how he was going to kill the captain, but fear got in the way. The conflict in the story never comes to the surface, even in the conversation between the two characters. A man of imagination, saying "give me a shave", not knowing the barber is his enemy. Captain Torres threw back his dark head and laughed at himself, as he stood alone on the street. Why did Captain Torres unbuckle his gun-belt and sit calmly in the chair, discussing the horrible treatment he had planned for the Protagonist's fellow revolutionaries, when he knew his throat could be cut in a fraction of a second?Captain Torres said to the barber that, they told him that the barber was out to kill him. His troop was on the brink of a civil war.
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