EIGHTH JOURNAL

Jhorman Calderon
Foreign Languages
English VII
Martha Muñoz
Journal # 8

JUST LATHER, THAT’S ALL


When I was reading this story, I could understand the importance of having values in our daily routine; the important of being honest and I felt the need of being considerable with other people.

In my opinion I’ve ever considered that one must never judge anybody; because nobody knows anything about others and for that reason is much better stay quietly; but, there are a lot of circumstances that let us act in the right way; I mean that if we know that something is going wrong, is our duty to change the situation trying to do what we can do it.

I consider that as human beings, we can’t look for revenge, especially when we don’t know the reasons people have to do something unusual.

I don’t know what to say about the development of the story, because it made me think that this life is a mixture; a mixture between feelings and duties and what is worse, most of the time we act as if we were blind people, without knowledge.

This story is a great example that show that every person is a different world; I liked very much the end of the story when Captain Torres show that his life was completely unhappy and that was why he had killed many people; no because he was a bad person, but the circumstances of his life encourage him to kill people. And he try to explain that that’s no an easy job.

I felt proud because this story was written by a Colombian author…





May 10- 2009
JUST LATHER, THAT’S ALL
Hernando Tellez
UNKNOWN WORDS
- Razor: a device with a sharp blade for removing hair from the skin's surface
- an electric razor
- Foam: a mass of small, usually white, bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid Stain: to leave a mark that is difficult to remove.
- Endure: to experience and bear something painful or unpleasant, esp. for a long time.
- Lather: a mass of small white bubbles produced esp. when soap is mixed with water.
- If you are in a lather, you are upset or excited: Sly: (on the sly) adjective: cunning or wily: sly as a fox. Stealthy, insidious, or secret.
- Flounder: To move awkwardly, or to be in an awkward, difficult situation.
- Tangled: Messy mass of things.
- Swirl: to move quickly with a twisting circular movement, or to cause (something) to move this way.
- Feign: to pretend to have (a feeling or condition)
He feigned sickness so he wouldn't have to go to school.

QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION

1. Have you ever felt the need to kill somebody?
2. Would you like to revenge something that had passed in your life?

QUOTES
- I took the razor, opened up the two protective arms, exposed the blade and began the job, from one of the sideburns downward. (429)
- I was now about to take into my hands. It was not an unpleasant face, certainly. (428)
- And what of all this? Murderer or hero? My destiny depends on the edge of this blade. (430)
- “They told me that you’d kill me. I came to find out. But killing isn’t easy. You can take my word for it.” (431)

OPINION
Interesting, this is a very interesting story; I liked the way the writer explain such a controversial situation.