Blindness

Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare exhibits both romantic and identity crushes to tell the story of two star-crossed lovers. What even is a romantic and identity crush? In both cases, “the young person largely projects onto another person idealized attributes the admirer highly values and wants to be associated with” (Pickhardt 2). According to the article Adolescence and the Teenage Crush, Romantic crushes are formed by finding someone whom they find powerfully attractive, who they feel…

In Cathedral, a short story written by Raymond Carver, the narrator seems to have a kind of dysfunctional type of relationship with his wife. The wife seems like a kind and emotional person while the narrator is kind of closed off emotionally. This differences can sometimes lead to small arguments like the one they had when he offered to take the blind man to bowling “God dam it, his wife just died! Don’t you understand that? The man just lost his wife! (Carver, 1983)”. Even though, the man is…

The print media has its own differences from the electronic media and that is has in the connection that it makes with the mind. Whether we talk about print media or electronic media the connection it establishes with the audience is actually what makes the difference. I would want to establish this fact as per the Print reading of the “Carver- Cathedral”. The story makes a beautiful connect with the audience as it clearly states of what a person looks like, what is he feeling at a particular…

It is easy to allow are surrounding and beliefs to cloud of judgement. Throughout these novels Julia Jarmond and Sarah Starzynski from Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, Danforth and Mr.Hale from The Crucible by Arthur Miller and King Lear from William Shakespeare's King Lear experience being blind to truths because of their surroundings and beliefs. Julia is blinded by her husbands charm and actions and Sarah finds how the people of French could act like her existence did not matter. Danforth is…

What is it like to be legally blind? Can it lower confidence? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul, the main characters feels different than everyone else because of his vision troubles. Paul changes during the novel; when Paul first moves to Tangerine, he has low-self esteem, but as his confidence builds, he learns that he is strong and can stand up for himself. “I’m sorry, but there’s no way we can justify putting a handicapped student in the goal, of all places, where he could get…

I think this piece is presumably the best case one could seek after for what bias is. He discusses the visually impaired keeps an eye on now expired spouse, inquiring as to whether she was a "Negro" a bit warily. Yet, he doesn't wait for that idea. Demonstrating that it is not something he especially thinks about, but instead something characteristic of the circumstances. The genuine predigest in this story is the one the fundamental character has against the visually impaired man. Similarly, as…

In Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” he shows that just because someone can see does not mean that they cannot also be blind to somethings. Often because someone is blind people look at them as if they cannot do as much as someone that can see, but because they are blind they realize or “see” things that others do not. The narrator thinks this way about the blind man, Robert, through most of the story. Carver uses the narrator’s point of view, imagery, and tone to show the reader how the narrator is…

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…

Introduction Students with visual impairments need to study the same subjects within the core curriculum as their sighted peers, such as mathematics, language arts and history. However, individuals with visual impairments are unable to access the core curriculum on the same level because they lack visual skills that are responsible for casual learning. Without intentional and direct intervention by a highly specialized educator, students with visual impairments are at a disadvantage. In…

What if we could one day feel things we couldn’t see, or taste sounds? As strange as that question sounds, it could be reality according to David Eagleman. In his TED talk he outlines several ways to substitute or increase our senses with technology. Some of these innovations might even be cheaper or replace the current technology being used. He explains that each animal has its own “umwelt” or surrounding world. For instance, humans can see less than ten trillionth of light rays, these rays…