Short Story ISU; Lather and Nothing Else

By stevelangstevelangstevelang


Lather and Nothing Else. The title says it all. This short story is about an average barber overcoming his biggest obstacle in life. He is forced to hide his true identity of being a rebel; the victims of the brutal killings in the town, and pursue his job as a professional barber. As this cunning plan slowly falls into place, the captain of the murders comes into the barber shop for a simple shave. As this was a huge opportunity for the barber to slit his throat and save the remaining rebels, he resisted the urge and did what was asked for, a shave. The theme in this story reflects and summarizes the reasons to why the barber had not killed the man who was destroying innocent people. " our roles determine our actions", and in this case, he was a barber, not a murderer. This blog will explain three different media sources that relate to the this theme.



""Unfaithful"- Rihanna
Story of my life
Searching for the right
But it keeps avoiding

me
Sorrow in my soul
Cause it seems that wrong
Really loves

my company

He's more than a man
And this is

more than love
The reason that the sky is blue
The clouds are rolling in
Because I'm gone again
And to him

I just can't be true

And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful
And it kills

him inside
To know that I am happy with some

other guy
I can see him dying

I don't wanna do this

anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out

the door
I see him die a little more inside

I don't wanna hurt him anymore
I don't wanna

take away his life
I don't wanna be...
A murderer


In this song "unfaithful" and the

short story "lather that's all", both Rihanna and the barber go through similar stages of confusion, and the idea of murdering. An example of these similarities with these lyrics and the short story "lather and Nothing Else" is that both Rihanna - in this case- and the barber, go through the same kind of pressure of "murdering". Rihanna can't take that she's watching this guy "suffer" and wants to put him out of his misery. In lather and nothing else, the barber doesn't want the other rebels to suffer so he also has the temptation to kill. Also, in both of these examples, both the barber and Rihanna are very confused. "i don't want to take away his life, i don't want to be a murderer" was what Rihanna had quoted because of this confusion that left her wondering if she should kill this man or not. For lather that's all, the whole story revolved around this general topic of the barber debating against himself whether he should murder the captain or not. Unfaithful is a very good example of the theme. She's this man's girlfriend, not a murderer. Her role determines her actions.

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Remember the Titans clip.


This is a very significant and crucial part in the movie. Throughout the movie, the world is re winded, and we are back in the days of racism. In the town, there is a tradition where there is a football team, but this year it's different. The coach is a black man. Because of this, the team is made up of both black and white men. The new coach, "coach Boone" gives a speech in this clip of how "our roles determine our actions". He explains the battle on Gettysburg, and how he lost his family because of this. By following the roles that were given to them as white people being more dominant, it destroyed his family because they were of different skin colour. It relates to the short story "Lather and nothing else" because of the confusion the barber had to stay in the role of the barber, and the confusion the white and black men had to respect each other, or stay in role as enemy. Both were confused about their roles in the society. These men on the football team, weren't sure if they were supposed to listen to this one black man the society usually frowns upon, and the barber wasn't sure if he should give up his role as barber, and become a murderer. Notice in the beginning of the clip that there is a young black man encouraging another young black man to "keep running"?. This shows that these men that were hating other people with different sk

in colour were totally capable of loving each other. This relates to the short story because it gives constant reference to how sharp the barber's blade is, and how easy it would be to kill. Meaning the barber could've also killed very easily. This shows that both the black and white men in the clip, and the barber are very capable of changing their actions.





This is a picture of a baby with a cell phone wearing a suit. This shows precisely why it relates to the theme of "lather and Nothing Else". This image that the baby is currently presenting in the picture is the image of a typical business man. This shows that this baby is not in "role" as the theme would say. "our roles determine our actions" and is the opposite from what the barber had wanted. The barber just wanted to be a barber, not a murderer. In this case, the baby wants to change his role, and this is done by the stereo type of a "business MAN." Notice that the picture doesn't look normal. A baby would never use a cell phone and wear a full piece suit. This represented the confusion of the barber to kill. He did not want to kill the barber because he felt like this picture. He felt that he would be leaving his normal life and change the way he lived. In the short story, he was constantly confused to whether he should kill the captain or not. Meaning he was capable of killing him. This is the same as the picture because no one would think a baby would use a cell phone and wear a suit, but it was possible. Just like how it was very possible that the barber could have killed the captain at any time during the story. This picture basically summarizes how the barber probably felt during the shave. He felt that this is what he'd look like if he were to kill the captain. Out of place. He was a barber, not a murderer.
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A Touching Story About a Father and a Son

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