Chekhov Gymnasium

A cathedral is a large church from the Gothic period, but in Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”, a cathedral represents much more than that. The story of Cathedral is about an unknown man whose wife invites a long-standing friend over to stay, who happens to be blind. The unknown man, who is the narrator, is unhappy about the blind man’s visit for he has prejudices against blind people, as he has never met a blind person before. In the end, he overcomes his prejudices and everyone has a…

step in an author 's career can be writing short stories. Every story contains its key techniques that apply a certain feeling and pizazz to it, and the following stories are some examples of this. In the short stories the Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov and Cornet and Night by Sinclair…

Raymond Carver “Jerry and Molly and Sam” is a short story of a man who is an alcoholic. The story takes us to the life of an alcoholic whose name is Al. Because Al hates the dog he plans “to get rid of the dog without Betty or the kids finding out about it” (Carver 15). This is significant because he thinks that getting rid of dog will fix all his problems. Furthermore, he thinks that the dog is useless. According to Stephanie Harrison, editor of the Adaptations, she emphasizes that most of…

The first short story talked about in this paper is “Anna on the Neck” by Anton Chekhov. “Anna on the Neck” takes place in the late 1800’s, it portrays a girl 's "falling into corruption" beautifully. Anna, from a poor family is forced into a loveless marriage, to a rich older man. Anna is afraid of having no money, of being totally dependent, she finds how she can conquer, by using her beauty, charm and youth. Anna only did this for a reason in the beginning, although she starts getting used…

Can a person learn something from communicating with someone else? For some people connecting with new people is difficult and one might question the idea of connecting with new people. For example, in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” The narrator is unhappy about the blind man Robert coming to stay at his house. Then, the narrator starts to enjoy Robert’s company. While, they are watching T.V. Robert tells the narrator to fetch a piece of heavy paper. Lastly, the narrator and Robert draw a picture…

Point of View, Who’s Perception? “Sonny’s Blues,” a short story written by James Baldwin, is expressed in the limited omniscient point of view. Limited omniscient point of view is most commonly referred to as first person point of view. The focus of this essay is to analyze the point of view used in “Sonny’s Blues,” while also revealing how symbolism is reflected in this short story written by Baldwin (Baldwin). There are advantages and disadvantages of a story being expressed in the limited…

Merda 1 Amygdalia Merda Professor Dimitriadis Lit5-127 23 May 2017 The theme of alienation in Anton Chekhov’s “Heartache”. Anton Chekhov’s “Heartache” is about Iona Potapov, a sledge-driver or a cabby as he is referred in the text, who is losing himself into his sadness because of his son’s recent death. Iona wants nothing more than to share his pain with someone who will just listen to him, but he is rebuffed by each customer he encounters. In this case, he is left alone and alienated as…

Leo Tolstoy and James Joyce both use the aspect of light and darkness as symbols in their stories to represent the characters and their feelings. In The Death of Ivan and Ilyich, one of the symbols Tolstoy uses is the black sack. This sack was a long narrow sack that was never ending and the character in the story, Ivan, experiences going through this black sack twice. The first time he experiences going through this sack was right after he was given a medicine, opium. Ivan falls into the black…

Raymond Carver is best known for his work as a short story writer, he started the minimalist movement, releasing popular collections of short stories like "Cathedral", the Pulitzer Prize nominated "Where I 'm Calling From" that came out shortly before Carver 's death, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love", & "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?". Carver helped bring life back to short stories at a time when they were thought to be going away. He was born on May 25, 1938 in the state of…

The short stories “The Persian Carpet” by Hanan Shaykh and “The Lottery Ticket” by Anton Chekhov both illustrate that people’s choices and actions are influenced by their selfish desires. “The Persian Carpet” exemplifies this through the narrator’s mother and her desires to leave her family leading to dishonest actions whereas in the short story “The Lottery Ticket” Ivan Dmitritch and his wife develop hatred feelings due to the selfish desires over the winning lottery ticket. The self-centered…