Raymond A. Spruance

“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is a short story set somewhere in the state of New York during the early stages of color television. The wife, Beulah, brings a blind man, Robert, over to her house to introduce him to her husband. During that evening and most of the story, the focus is on the husband’s view of the blind man and how it changes once he spends time with him. At the end of the story, the husband is experiencing something that he did not predict would happen, and is surprised by it. By…

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…

Can a person be gifted with perfect sight and yet still be blind? Raymond Carver attempts to answer this question in his short story “Cathedral” when he suggests two types of blindness: physical blindness which leaves one without visual perception and a narrow-minded blindness which causes one to fail to see the true side of people due to his or her stereotypical views and fixed opinions. In fact, in this story, a physically blind man happens to see more of the world, in a cognitive way, than a…

In this short reader's response essay I will simply describe or explain why I think, feel, or believe that the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" is the best from this week. I think the short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek” was the best from this week. This was the the best short story to me because it offers two different types of conflicts and it also has the best plot. It shows that the main character Peyton was experiencing issues within himself as well as with a few members of the…

near equal to the Saracen army .King Guy received advice from Count Raymond as Tiberias was his holding and he knew the land best. The king was advised to let Tiberias go as the Count believed that Saladin did not plan on keeping the city just plundering it and removing its defences before returning to their own kingdom. The count advised the King to also make attempt no attack on Saladin’s army , this was the same advice Raymond gave four years earlier to Guy that led to his removal as…

by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance played a vital role in the success of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific front. Admiral Spruance of the United States Navy was one of these vital leaders who changed the tides of the battle with his set of leadership skills. The beginning of his career was when Spruance entered the US Naval Academy 1902. He graduated on September 13th 1906, after which he served two years at sea. At this point, Spruance had studied in electrical engineering…

very big very strong force at the point of attack. The huge striking force was more experienced, better armed and more powerfully supported than any other offensive series of actions to reach a goal to date in the Pacific War. Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Fifth Fleet enjoyed total rule of air and sea around the small, sulfuric island, and the 74,000 Marines in the landing force would gather a healthy 3 to 1 majority over the fort. Grabbing and taking control of Iwo Jima Would be tough,…

The Battle of Midway What is it? The Battle of Midway occurred near the central pacific island of Midway from 4-7 of June 1942. It is considered the decisive battle of the war in the pacific. Prior to this battle, Japan had managed to successfully capture territory throughout Asia and the Pacific. The next step for japan was to capture the island of Midway in order to use it as an advance base as well as destroying the US Pacific Fleet. But because of communication intelligence successes,…

OUTLINE: Introduction I. Leadership requirements II. Challenges of modern military leadership III. Possible solutions/ training course for young cadets Conclusion Bibliography Introduction: Since the early beginnings of societies as we know them, the interaction between a leader and his team has always raised controversy and been subject of countless debates. Even the Neanderthals, who lived over 20,000 years BC, were organized in clans, with a leader, most likely the wiser, or the…