The Found Poem above was taken from page 4 of the book “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez. It shows the man versus himself between Barber, the protagonist, and the choice to kill the rebel leader Torres. In the rising action of the story, this conflict illustrates the Barber’s struggle to make the choice of cutting Torres’s beard, or killing him and becoming the village hero. In this passage, the Barber comes across reasons why he shouldn’t kill him and not become the hero of the village, not have to run away and leave everything behind, and not be killed by the rebels. He didn’t kill Torres because he knows “And I do my work honorably” (Barber page 4). Hopefully, this conflict with himself won’t happen again because it’s not easy to kill someone when they’re in a variable state.