This is a film adaptation of Leslie Norris’s short story you may have read in school. In the story "Shaving" by Leslie Norris, a sixteen-year-old Rugby player, Barry, changes and accepts the inevitability of his father' death. Barry's character and maturity are changed as he deals with the emotional crisis before him. The author's use of physical description, nature, and the ritual of shaving reinforce Barry's transition from boyhood to the responsibilities of manhood.
