Chekhov Gymnasium

The three pieces of literature, The Poem, ‘’Daystar’’ by African American poet Rita Dove, ‘’Those Winter Sundays’ by African American poet Robert Hayden and the story’’ At Home’’, by Anton Chekhov are all significant to the extent that they convey similar ideas or themes. The three are thus closely related in some ways that come to life with an incisive analysis and consideration of the three. The idea of family relations is, therefore, an idea or theme that cuts across all the three pieces of…

purpose. Many times, those conflicts end up teaching the readers a lesson or give the audience an insight into the world. ¨The Lady with the Dog¨ is a short story by Anton Chekhov that is centered around a woman and a man who meet and end up falling in love despite the fact that they both are involved in different relationships. Chekhov was born in Taganrog, Russia in 1860, where he grew up until 1975 (Mays 164). His father lost his job and the family moved to Moscow. He then got his doctorate…

Raymond Carver was a well-known American short story writer and poet. Neighbors, which was published in 1971 and Cathedral, which was published 10 years later, was two of out of many short stories that he wrote. The short story Neighbors is about a couple, Bill and Arlene Miller, who were left to take care of their neighbors’ apartment while they were away on a trip. While house sitting, the couple spends time at their neighbors’ apartment and becomes interesting in their possessions. As time…

Sabrina Ginsburg Period 9 In March of 2005, Natural History authors Laura Session and Steven Johnson wrote a descriptive literary article about the Moegistorhynchus longirostris also known as the mega-nosed fly. In this article, this particular sub-type of southern Africa fly was compared to the universally known fabled boy Pinocchio. The comparison was because both Pinocchio and this particular species of fly both have very long noses. While the nose of this fly was overly extended and may…

A maturing, forlorn lady living in Paris and keeping up herself by showing English is the subject of this character picture by Katherine Mansfield. Miss Brill's life is one of ratty culture and falsification; this impression initiates in the opening passage as she affectionately takes an antiquated fox hide out of its crate for her standard Sunday excursion to the greenhouses. Anticipating the new Season, she is, in any case, diverted by an unconventionally unpropitious inclination that is by…

Cathedral “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, was focused on the issue of love and its absences and the bearing of love’s absences on marriage and individual identity. His story was involved in very little “action” with in the plot. Instead, the focus was much more on the dialogue and investigation of the theme. The surface of his story looks calm and banal, but if you go deep into it you can see full of emotional tension, hidden memories, wounds, longing, hate, anxiety and melancholy. It is all…

The story “ Miss Brill By Katherine Mansfield ” is based off of the rather lonely life of an elderly English woman in Paris whom makes a living as an English tutor for young children and also reads to invalids. Miss Brills life is quite dull and dreary, as only a limited amount of things bring joy to her. The main ones are displayed throughout the story as her fur coat, and her ritual every Sunday in the Jardins Publique where she listens and watches the people around her to try and relieve her…

Literary Terms are structures writers use in their works to convey their message in a way the readers can understand. Conflict is a literary term that occurs in all stories after the problem. Conflict is a struggle between two opposing forces (“conflict”). “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield is a very good short story that helps the readers understand the conflicts beyond our emotions. In “Miss Brill”, the main character struggles with herself, society, and the supernatural. Miss Brill struggles…

The short story, "The Cathedral" by Raymond Carver is about a woman whom invited a blind acquaintance from her past to stay with her and her husband. The husband, technically, has normal vision but; he is blinded by a plethora of his discriminatory choices. Through the husband's words and actions when he is dealing with Robert, the blind man, its evident he doesn't understand what Robert’s blindness affects his life. When Robert first arrives at the house it makes the husband uncomfortable. As…

The story Cathedral, by Raymond Carver, is about how a blind man can see so much and someone with vision sees so little. The narrator has vision but lacks insight. Whereas Robert, a friend of the narrators wife, is blind but he appreciates life more. Robert helps the narrator realize what is important in life and helps him examine the way he sees the world. This story is about blindness; though someone is blind they can have more insight and appreciation of life than someone who has vision.…