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Oprah Winfrey once said: If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That's the lesson. That lesson alone will save you a lot of grief. As evil as one may seem, everyone has some goodness deep within their heart. I believe the barber made the correct decision by choosing to not murder Captain Torres. Throughout the story Torres was portrayed as an evil cold blooded man, if the barber was to take Torres’s life it would make many happy. But if the barber had killed Torres, would he be any different? Murdering the monster that is Torres would make the barber no less than a monster himself. The barber prides himself for being a stupendous barber and the sing most important rule of the “barber’s code” is to never let a single drop of blood out of the costumer.

The barber’s major dilemma was whether killing Torres would make him a coward or a hero? The definition of a hero is someone who portrays courageous and noble qualities. Killing someone while they are completely powerless is extremely cowardly and I believe the act of killing can never ever be justified as Nobel.

The barber wanted to take revenge on all the live Torres had taken but revenge is never the answer. As a barber you would strive to never see a drop of blood on the job & taking a life while doing your job, would defy that. Killing is a never ending cycle, you kill someone you thing deserves to be killed and then you get killed for killing someone, this goes on and on. To Torres killing was a job he was trained to do, he just thought he was fulfilling his duty. If you do something long enough it starts feeling like second nature. Killing all his life Torres probably felt nothing anymore, he was basically dead inside.

Whereas if the barber had killed Torres I don’t think he would be able to live with himself, the guilt would just eat him alive. Killing Torres could save more lives or possibly endanger even more lives. Every choice we make in our lives has a positive and negative outcome; we don’t know which will take place until after our decision has been made. But every person on this earth is selfish and the main reason the barber chose not to kill Torres was because it would put his own life in danger.

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