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Raymond’s Carver is an American writer that wrote the short story, “Cathedral,” that uses a first person point of view narration in which the narrator fundamentally transforms and is enlightened with a self-realization. The story transitions in a change in the tone of the narrator as being sarcastic, judgmental, and insulting in which he experiences an epiphany and has a brighter perception. The story begins with the feeling of apprehension of the gathering of his wife’s friend Robert who is…

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…

Mouse, Snow White, Peter Pan, etc. every child has probably seen a classic Disney film, these movies and tales have shaped lives for decades and are still continuing too. One of the most influential names ever, Walt Disney was a film producer, a pioneer of animation, and an entrepreneur. Walt Disney's name has lived on for decades though he has since passed; as a Hollywood business mogul and icon, he also founded The Walt Disney Company. Walter (Walt) Elias Disney was born December 5, 1901,…

He was the man of his time. He was and is the face of animation. He has and will forever inspire others to do great things. He has brought joy into people young and old. He was great and powerful like Oz. He is Walt Disney. Walt Disney was born December 5, 1901 as Walter Elias Disney. He was the son of Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney. He was one of five children, four boys and one girl. He was born in Hermosa, Illinois, a section in Chicago. His family moved to Marceline, Missouri where he…

In my second critical reading exercise I wrote more than my last one. I included three paragraphs and I started off my assignment with, “In Sherman Alexie’s short story, “Indian Education”, includes many concepts of the genre conventions, such as being alienated from his society and feeling left alone to solve his own problems. However, Alexie also modified some genre conventions such as conflict of generations”. This introduction is different from my last critical reading assignment because…

• Denial of responsibility: telling self not to feel responsible because the factors are beyond one’s control. • Denial of Injury: telling self that no party was directly affected by the purchase. • Denial of Victim: telling self that the affected party deserved the situation in which they are. • Condemning the condemners: pointing out that those who criticize engage in other disapproved activities that are alike. • Appeal to higher loyalties: telling self that the unethical behaviors are the…

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…

This play depicts the theme of Fathers and their children. Gloucester (Glou) introduces Edmund to Kent as a bastard that he sired out of wedlock; he used to be embrassed to announce this to anyone, now he boasts about Edmund;s “well breeding”. King Lear announces that he is splitting his kingdom among his three daughters he has each of them to say how much they love them so that he can give each their land accordingly. Regan and Goneril lie and say that they love him as much as possible it is…