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Raymond Carvers short story “Cathedral” is centered around a man, his wife and her blind friend Robert who comes to town to stay with them. The narrator holds himself high while treating his wife disrespectfully and judging Robert based on his disability. Carver shows the differences between the two men and how Robert ultimately awakens something in the narrator who he calls “Bub.” Conflict, characterization and irony are used by Carver to give life to the theme of this story which is seeing…

The short story form is defined as a work of prose that is shorter in length than a novel, but just as developed . It should be read in one sitting , and must therefore capture the reader throughout. Mansfield uses this form because it allows the reader to draw their own conclusions based on the world shown to them, not the world they exist in. Joyce does the same in his form, though his stories are on average longer than Mansfield’s, leading to the lack of concise & informative style Mansfield…

Cathedral Who is actually considered blind? A person who cannot physically see or a person who cannot see because of their ignorance? In Raymond Carver 's short story Cathedral, as any other good short story. We have our antihero who also comes along with our protagonist. In this case our antihero has no name, but goes by the title the narrator. Both of these main characters are proceeded differently. Robert the protagonist of the story embodies the characteristics of being a humble person who…

In everyday life, prejudice is an ongoing dispute faced by people for many different reasons; these reasons include religion, race, ethnicity, physical and mental disabilities, and almost any kind of diversity in general. In the short story titled “Cathedral”, written by author Raymond Carver, Carver illustrates character growth of a protagonist through the our unnamed narrator – referred to as “Bub” by Robert – when he undergoes a transformative experience realizing he should not discriminate…

Robert Carver uses the character Bub, in his short story “Cathedral”, to demonstrate the difference between being physically blind and emotionally blind. Bub proves that he is capable of seeing the physical things around him, such as his wife, his home, his marijuana, and even the blind man Robert, who eventually changes his outlook on life. However, these sights are all on the surface and have no deep meaning to Bub and his one track minded life style. In fact others authors including Mark…

There are many ways to describe a character. Some ways are through dialogue, character description, language etc. “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver and “Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason, both made characters very similar. However, with similarities also comes differences. Both husbands from Carver and Mason’s short stories both felt unwanted by their wives but in different ways. Carver made the husband feel unwanted by making him jealous while Mason made the character feel unappreciated. In “Cathedral”,…

The unauthenticity of society In today’s society we focus a lot on authenticity and being authentic. We go to great lengths to make sure we are and everything we have is genuine. Unfortunately, in order to achieve this, we sometimes lose the very essence of what we were trying to achieve. John Cheever’s famous work, “The Enormous Radio” demonstrates just that. In this essay I will be focusing on the inauthenticity of society as illustrated in “The Enormous Radio”. I will argue that that the…

The title of the text is, “The Bath: What We Talk about When We Talk about Love.” It is written by Raymond Carver and the primary characters are Scotty, his mom, Mrs. Ann Weiss, his dad, who was referred to mostly as the father in the story. The story concerns a boy called Scotty who will soon celebrate his 8th year birthday. In preparation for the birthday, his mom went to the baker’s shop to order his spaceship chocolate cake, which will be ready on Monday morning before the birthday starts…

“Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament” by Willa Cather and Margaret Atwood’s short story, “Death by Landscape,” focus on how the protagonists are isolated from the world, the people around them, and how they handle conflicts. There are similarities in how the protagonists are isolated and involved in conflicts or struggles, and although both protagonists experience a suicide situation, their endings are different. Paul, the protagonist in “Paul’s Case,” lives his short life fully, whereas Lois,…

•Point of View--"The Lottery" In “The Lottery” the point of view at first can be hard to find, but with a good evaluation it can be found. The author Shirley Jackson uses third person to create the story line of her short story. The narrator does not tell the characters feelings, or what they may or may not be thinking about. The narrator simply explains how the lottery takes place in the small town. The whole story could have been completely different if Jackson used the opinion of one of…