Brent Carver

In a spacious cove along the east side of the Hudson River lied a small town known as Tarry Town. There resided Ichabod Crane, a simple fellow who was the school master of the town. The desire of heart was to win over Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy man. It was short lived, however, when she turned him down for Brom Bones. Heartbroken he went to a tavern, a place he never visits, and drank the content of an unknown keg. Inside that keg was a strong alcoholic drink imported from Holland, which was way too strong for someone of little experience in drinking. Ichabod crane shortly, thereafter, fell into a deep sleep right on the floor of the tavern. Suddenly, Ichabod heard a woman yell. He then stood up off of the tavern floor, and looked around, and behold there was Dame Van Winkle yelling at a poor man with his head hung low. It seemed as if she would never cease. He couldn’t hear what Dame Van Winkle was saying, but he made out the words Headless Horseman. This immediately peaked his interest. Ichabod quickly jumped up, and rushed over to the yelling woman proclaiming “Excuse me! Excuse me!” Dame Van Winkle turned around to Ichabod, and yelled as loud as she could, “My husband, Rip Van Winkle, claims that when he went into the woods to go fishing, he saw the headless horseman galloping around in the woods. How absurd is that?” Ichabod didn’t think that was absurd at all, in fact he wanted to see this phenomenon for himself. He followed Rip back into the woods.…

Foreshadow - be a warning or indication of a future events. Ichabod sat in a room in the home of Katrina, he looked about his eyes filled with wonder and he envied all the little things about their way of life. He wanted to be rich, so he was determent to win Katrina’s heart. There was another man though that was very in love with Katrina, you could say he was the jock of the town. He was a very mystifies man always causing trouble, if there was a prank he would be the one behind it all. Ichabod…

Cordell Winward The songs on Ichabod Crane’s playlist would have songs about being ravenous, superstitious, and smart. The first song on his playlist is “Just Eat It” by “Weird Al” Yankovic. Washington Irving wrote “The revenue arising from his school was scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread bread, for he was a huge feeder…” (18). “Weird Al” Yankovic sings about this with being ravenous with these lyrics “So eat it, just eat it/ Have some more chicken/ Have some more pie/ Open…

By the time the Passat arrived, the fire prohibited the ship from approaching the tanker. The Passat’s captain reported one empty lifeboat in the water, but a Canadian Special Forces plane conducting a flyover later reported two. Although no evidence exists to reveal the cause of the fire, the fire is ultimately responsible for the loss of the vessel, cargo, and crew. 132,157 tons of North Sea Brent crude oil were spilled and set ablaze 700 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia in the North…

they go, but never realized the long lasting effects of it in our society and individuals. In the essay "Black Hair" by Gary Soto, he explains the life of a young seventeen year old Mexican who struggles on the streets to make a decent living . Soto is able to portray the emotions and experiences of his life by writing the essay in first person. The audience has the opportunity to relate towards what life is when not having a place to sleep at night, being tired from work and dirty because there…

In the short story, “Cathedral”¸ written by Raymond Carver, the narrator is a middle-aged man who is very judgmental towards a blind man, however, as the story develops, the reader comes to the realization that “[The blind man] sees how to get along with others... by contrast, the narrator, although sighted, does not see how his isolation damages himself, his wife, and their relationship (Bloom, 47).” This story has a biased view towards the blind man because it is told in the first person view…

he is not completely adjusted to viewing the world that way. The narrator does invite us to question; if the narrator is an immature person. This essay will cover Raymond Carver’s background, the characters, the symbols in “Cathedral,” the literary elements, and the theme. Raymond Carver was an American short-story writer and poet. According to William Giraldi, “Together with Hemingway and Flannery O’ Connor, Raymond Carver is one of the three most important and influential story writers in…

When I began this class, it had been over ten years since I had taken English 111, so I was a little apprehensive about whether I would be able to remember everything from that long ago and be successful in this class. The first paper that I was tasked to write was a literary analysis of “Little Things” by Raymond Carver. I was excited about this assignment in the beginning because, as an avid reader, I really enjoy critically looking at what I think the author is trying to say to me through…

The short story, “Birnam Wood,” by T.C. Boyle, explores a young man Keith’s fractured relationship with his girlfriend Nora from first person point of view. Keith reconnected with Nora by sending her “wheedling letters begging her” to come back to him, and she eventually obliged. They lived together in a rebuilt yet cramped chicken coop that had “creeping and greasy” mold on the corners, and no heating. Displeased with their living conditions, and faced with yet another dilemma -- seeing…

where I can completely fathom their situation. People tend to evaluate others harshly when they don’t know them personally. In “The Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, the husband has a hard time understanding the relationship between the wife and the blind man, Robert. Throughout the story, Carver shows us that assumptions interfere with the overall impression of a person and that audible communication increases understanding by using literary devices and elements of character. Carver gives the…