Brent Carver

The short story “Cathedral,” written by Raymond Carver, is about a nameless narrator and his wife who welcome her blind friend Robert to their home shortly after his wife passes away. The relationship between Robert and the narrator progresses during Robert’s stay as they get to know one another better. The story embodies one of the main theme that is discussed in class: “life passages.” The concept of “life passages” involves adversities, events, and successes that contribute to how individuals…

Character Analysis (Cathedral) The “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver. The unnamed narrator who is also the husband undergoes an emotional change throughout the story. The narrator's wife used to work for a blind man called Robert whose wife sadly died of cancer, and he is coming to visit the narrator and his wife, but the narrator is not happy about the visit. All because in his shallow mind, he thinks blind people are dirty and miserable. Sadly, enough he got this feeling from what he has seen…

important influencer that was a staff at Tuskegee was George Washington Carver. In Suggestions to Farmers: George Washington Carver and Rural Conservation in the South by Mark Hersey, it was said, “Booker T. Washington, was was trying to staff Tuskegee institute with an all-black faculty, was despairing of finding an African American candidate qualified to head the institute’s new agricultural school. When Washington heard of Carver, he offered him the position immediately, imploring him to…

circumstances these talents would have stayed inactive if it weren’t for the adversity. I agree with Horace being that it can be seen as true in the lives of many, including Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, Beethoven, and George Washington Carver. There is a popular saying: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” This can mean that when a situation gets hard, the stronger persons take action. Adversity can also to show character in a person like being a hard worker,…

inventions may sound absurd and wacky, they are some of the many things that George Washington Carver made using peanuts. Throughout his lifetime, George Washington Carver discovered about 300 new uses for the peanut and ultimately changed the way we think about agriculture today. He was a botanist, an innovator, an educator, but most importantly, he was an inspiration. Without George Washington Carver, America wouldn’t be the way it is today! Though George Washington Carver’s birthday is…

George Washington Carver was born and grew up in Diamond Missouri. It was during Civil War times but the exact dates of his birth are unknown. He lived with the white family that kept his mother as a slave. He got his masters degree from Iowa State University in 1896. He proceeded into the agricultural department to study plants and soil. He developed and invented many different uses for peas, sweet potatoes and peanuts. George Washington Carver originally had a lot of background…

George Washington Carver was a well known scientist who made an impact on crops and crop production. George was born a slave in Diamond, Missouri on the farm of his parents' slave owners, Moses and Susan Carver. His birth date was unknown but had said to be somewhere around January 1864. Both of his parents were slaves, their owners purchased his mother, Mary at the age of 13, George’s father was killed from a farming accident. He had a brother named James, who died at an early age and several…

George Washington Carver was born in 1864, in the middle of the Civil War. His father was dead before George was born. His mother was stolen by bushwhackers, leaving him as an infant and his older brother Jim in the care of the kind Carvers. Mrs. Carver had lost her only daughter, so she was excited to have George and Jim to take care of. Since George couldn't go to school because of it being an only white school. He would learn from around him, he would climb trees, experiment on plants, and…

arly years Carver was born into slavery in Diamond Grove, Newton County, near Crystal Place, now known as Diamond, Missouri, possibly in 1864 or 1865, though the exact date is not known.[8][9] His master, Moses Carver, was a German American immigrant who had purchased George's parents, Mary and Giles, from William P. McGinnis on October 9, 1855, for $700. Carver had 10 sisters and a brother, all of whom died prematurely.[citation needed] When George was only a week old, he, a sister, and his…

George W. Carver was an African-American Scientist, Inventor, Chemist, and Botanist. Although his exact birthdate is unknown, historian guess that he was born in Diamond,Missouri as a slave some time in the Civil war era, most likely in 1864. George is best known for his inventions using the peanut and other plants.He was also a teacher at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute( now called Tuskegee University). George was born into slavery and his birth was said to be around 1861 near…