This activity examines the short story "Lather and Nothing Else" by Hernando Tellez. Whether an assessment/analysis this activity allows the student to analyze the text closely for tone, figurative language, word choice, author's purpose, character traits, summarization, conflict, figurative language, citing text evidence, inference, and drawing conclusions. This activity pairs well with teaching other short stories such as "Most Dangerous Game" by Connell or "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe,