Just Lather That's All

             "JUST LATHER THAT'S ALL"
             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.
             i. What is it in the first paragraph of the story that makes the reader want to continue on?
             I'm not sure, but what got my attention is when the barber recognized the rebel killer, Captain Torres. Saying "When I recognized him I started to tremble".
             ii. The conflict in the story never comes to the surface, even in the conversation between the two characters. What is the conflict? What creates the tension?
             Person versus himself; the barber must fight an inward battle with having to kill Captain Torres, saying I'm a revolutionary and not a murderer.
             iii. 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?
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