“Lather and Nothing Else”
By Hernando Tellez
Prereading
What is an interior monologue? What does the reader learn about the character?
What does “revolutionary” mean? What do you know about any current or historical
revolutionary movements or governments?
Recall
What side is the barber on in the country’s dispute?
What had Torres previously ordered?
According to Torres, what will happen at six in the evening?
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Style/Analysis
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Examine the suspense in the story. How does the author create suspense in this
story through:
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details such as the clock and gun
rhetorical questions
verb tenses
other techniques ?
Describe the point of view in this story. Through whose eyes do we see events?
How does this affect the reader’s perceptions? Write a portion of the story from
Torres’ point of view. How does the different point of view affect the story’s
theme?
Extension – Summative Evaluation
Research a current event that demonstrates human rights abuses. See
ResourceLines 9/10 p. 284
Write an interior monologue in the voice of one of the people who has suffered from
such abuses.