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    “Cathedral” is a story about a man’s changing views, based on a growing and learning experience that he faces throughout the story. The man’s speech on his wife about her initial contact with the blind man begins passively: her job to work for the man is simply a job, nothing more. The narrator grows a rapid jealousy and resentment, following the event where his wife allowed the blind man to touch her face, although his initial reaction to reading the poem about the event is blank and unmoving,…

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    R.K.Narayan’s ‘Talkative Man’-A Mini Novel of Many Characters: A Study A. Phaniraja Kumar Abstract: Talkative Man is a short novel based on a man’s life in his struggle to make his reputation as a renowned journalist(TM) in the well-known modern town of Malgudi. It also describes the charisma of born flirt Dr. Rann and his Home Guard wife, Sarasa. In this novel R.K.Narayan focuses on characters rather than incidents. It is an entertaining read with humorous moments juxtaposed…

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    Looking But Not Seeing. Appreciably, blindness is a dominant theme woven through the garment of the “Cathedral” story by Raymond Carver. One is taken aback by the utter rawness and cold attitude exhibited by the narrator about the blind man. The narrator loudly wonders on who could dare attend a little wedding between Robert, the blind man and his sweetheart Beulah and further states that he does not have any blind person as a friend. As the story develops, one thing becomes certain that the…

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    Similarities and differences Between Disney and Fox Walt Disney and Twenty-First Century Fox are the most famous companies and they have a competitive relationship in the movie areas. In the newest of Fortune 500 companies, Disney and Fox also belong to the list of entertainment because they make same products in the same areas. That is the reason why some media always compare Disney and Fox. However, when we pay attention to their similarities, we should know they also have some differences.…

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    Week 3 compost Karl Singletary I am proud to call Karl Singletary uncle (Bird) this is a nick name my grandfather gave him because as a little boy he wanted to fly. My grandparents didn't approve of Karl dancing, so he left home at a very young age, he danced ballet in Europe and across the USA as a young man after training for decades under the world’s greatest Russian classicists. According to PAUL A. BARRA Karl Singletary was the first African American to receive a scholarship…

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    Eulogy For Walter

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    (1) Walter loved animals. (2) He especially loved watching them in the forest near his Missouri Home. (3) Fascinated, the boy would spend endless hours in the woods, quietly and patiently observing. (4) As he watched he would sketch his observations. (5) By the time Walter was seven years old, everyone in the neighborhood knew about his drawings. (6) When he was a teenager, Walter discovered that he enjoyed entertaining people. (7) He would show them his art and sometimes even sell sketches to…

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    Have you ever heard of George Herriman? He was a famous cartoonist. What Is it he was famous for, you might ask. Well, he was famous for making the world wide loved comic strip Krazy Katz. It was a story about a cat named Krazy who had many adventures with his friends. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 22nd in 1880. He grew up in New Orleans until he was a teenager. When he was a teenager his family and him moved to Los Angeles to get away from Jim Crow Laws. Growing up he…

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    Have you ever heard of the famous painter of light? This man is Thomas Kinkade. Kinkade grew up in Placerville, California. Always admiring and sketching the mountains, his family knew he could draw well by the age of four; Before he was sixteen, Kinkade was under an apprenticeship of the famous artist Glen Wessels. As Kinkade grew older and finished school at the University of California at Berkeley; He and his friend, James Gurney, traveled from California to New York to sketch different areas…

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    I was 15 when my father, and uncle Maffeo came back, and found out that Clement IV, the pope, had died. They stayed for two years. Waiting to see who the new pope would be, but we haven’t heard yet, so they decided to leave for the Mongol court, and they took me with them, and before we left, Teobaldo, a friend gave us letters to give to the Mongol emperor. A few days after being on our expedition, we heard that Teobaldo was elected pope as Gregory X. We went down to Acre to receive credentials,…

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    “That’s the real trouble with the world, Too many people grow up.” this quote is from Walt Disney, he was a filmmaker and a cartoonist. He is the creator of the popular Mickey Mouse, Oswald the rabbit and many others. Walt Disney’s ideas changed the world of cartoons and movies, he won many awards for his work. Walt is also known for creating Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Walt Disney impacted the citizens of United States because he worked for everything he earned, changed how the world…

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