Sentence 1: Joseph has been growing a beard for about a year. 
 Sentence 3: Finally a friend tells Joseph that his beard looks awful 
 Sentence 4:  Joseph decides to shave it 
 Sentence 5:  He never grows a beard again 
 Option 1: His friends have been laughing behind his back and trying to think of a way to tell him that it looks very bad. 
 Option 2: His friends have been afraid to tell him that it looks very bad.