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Mood and Narrative Techniques in "Lather and Nothing Else”

Question 8 • MO-English Language Arts 9 B-CR

Which line from "Lather and Nothing Else" best shows the resolution of the barber’s inner conflict?

Answer
A
“They told me you would kill me. I came to find out if it was true.”
B
I don’t want to stain my hands with blood. Just with lather, and nothing else.
C
A little more lather here under the chin, on the Adam’s apple.
D
And it would be so easy to kill him. He deserves it. Or does he? No!

Explanation

The barber’s conflict is whether to kill Captain Torres or let him live. In choice B, he decides he will not stain his hands with blood and will use only lather, showing that he has resolved not to kill Torres. Choice D shows him still wrestling with the decision, rather than reaching a resolution.

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