Chekhov Gymnasium

Carvers Cathedral deals with the misguided perception of disabled people that come from what they see ‘‘in the movies’ . The narrator is faced with his own bias towards Robert and deal with the emotions that occur because of Roberts disability. In causing the narrator to face his own perception, Carver forces the audience to question their own. The anonymity of the narrator creates a space for the readers own perception. Sentences are key way to convey the emotional state of the…

In Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” the title of the story plays a major part in the story that you wouldn’t expect until you have read the whole story. The narrator of the story is very judgmental and rude because he feels he is better than everyone else. Throughout the story, we see the narrator start to change little by little to start to accept the blind man for who he is as a person. As they are eating dinner together there is a documentary in the background playing called the “cathedral”. This…

Raymond Carvers short story “Cathedral” is centered around a man, his wife and her blind friend Robert who comes to town to stay with them. The narrator holds himself high while treating his wife disrespectfully and judging Robert based on his disability. Carver shows the differences between the two men and how Robert ultimately awakens something in the narrator who he calls “Bub.” Conflict, characterization and irony are used by Carver to give life to the theme of this story which is seeing…

The short story form is defined as a work of prose that is shorter in length than a novel, but just as developed . It should be read in one sitting , and must therefore capture the reader throughout. Mansfield uses this form because it allows the reader to draw their own conclusions based on the world shown to them, not the world they exist in. Joyce does the same in his form, though his stories are on average longer than Mansfield’s, leading to the lack of concise & informative style Mansfield…

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…

In everyday life, prejudice is an ongoing dispute faced by people for many different reasons; these reasons include religion, race, ethnicity, physical and mental disabilities, and almost any kind of diversity in general. In the short story titled “Cathedral”, written by author Raymond Carver, Carver illustrates character growth of a protagonist through the our unnamed narrator – referred to as “Bub” by Robert – when he undergoes a transformative experience realizing he should not discriminate…

Robert Carver uses the character Bub, in his short story “Cathedral”, to demonstrate the difference between being physically blind and emotionally blind. Bub proves that he is capable of seeing the physical things around him, such as his wife, his home, his marijuana, and even the blind man Robert, who eventually changes his outlook on life. However, these sights are all on the surface and have no deep meaning to Bub and his one track minded life style. In fact others authors including Mark…

When viewing “The Little Trilogy” (by Anton Chekhov) as a whole, many thoughts ponder across your overflowing mind. Along with numerous questions that you would like to have clarified. First things first, you have to understand the trilogy as a whole. Once understood you can justify the questions that need to be asked. Viewing over these tales, a few things come to mind. This piece establishes a connection between the characters using symbolism and awareness. The trilogy is very much so…

There are many ways to describe a character. Some ways are through dialogue, character description, language etc. “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver and “Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason, both made characters very similar. However, with similarities also comes differences. Both husbands from Carver and Mason’s short stories both felt unwanted by their wives but in different ways. Carver made the husband feel unwanted by making him jealous while Mason made the character feel unappreciated. In “Cathedral”,…

thought it was interesting to read how the characters in their respective stories reacted to dissatisfaction and how they came up with there own unique conclusions of how they should deal with it. In the short story “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov, dissatisfaction is seen in Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov’s stance on life. He was unhappy with is home life, unfaithful to his wife, and “spoke ill of women” which reflected his dissatisfaction with not only his life but also other aspects of the…