Raymond Nasher

symbolism to help the readers understand the complexities within the stories. From the authors’ perspective, stories that have every detail and plot laid out for the reader will exemplify a poorly written piece of work. In the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Conner, the main characters had to cope with difficult situations that were presented to them. These situations made the characters change their beliefs about themselves and about the others…

Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” is fascinating short story written in 1983. As I indulged in the story I was somewhat surprised by the narrators thoughts and actions. As I read the story again I started to understand the actions of the unnamed narrator and how they related to the theme. I have dislike for the narrator in this story, but I am glad that he had the epiphany that he had at the end of the story and can forgive him for his actions. It is clear that the narrator feels very uncomfortable…

When one decides to embark on the general study of the history of the United States becoming a world power, the primary topics typically consist of the Spanish-American War, the Cold War, and America’s participation in both World Wars. While these wars indeed augmented America’s status as a world power, often many focus on the land battles and neglect war at sea. However, war at sea had an influential role in the formation of American history. In battles at sea, opportunities to demonstrate…

Philip Marlowe the Paradox of a Bachelor Raymond Chandler was a man of great talent. Chandler was a talented novelist. He created unique characters throughout his writings. One of his writings, “Trouble is my Business” is home to one of Chandler’s most famous creations. The famous Philip Marlowe. Philip Marlowe is a Los Angeles private investigator full of contradictions. Philip Marlowe illustrates the characteristics of a man who doesn’t like to show pain or fear, likes to stay away from…

Raymond Carver 's short story, "Cathedral", the narrator goes through a major personal transformation. At the beginning of the story, the narrator who lacks insight and awareness things around him. The struggles and failures he faces limit his social life which leads him to isolated from society. His wife 's blind friend Robert, pulls him out of his comfort zone which allows his attitude and outlook on life start to changes. The narrator in Raymond Carver 's "Cathedral" develops from being a…

I. Theory Description The personality theory that best explains my own personality and life choices is the trait personality theory which makes the assumption that behavior is mainly determined by relative stable personal traits which act as the fundamental units of a person’s personality. Traits therefore act to predispose a person to act in a particular way, in spite of the particular situation he/she is in. This implies that traits need to remain consistent across all situations as well as…

Metaphor and Symbolism in Langston Hughes’s My People My people is one of Langston Hughes’ poems which is about working class black African American people. In this poem, he compared the beauty of nature to the beauty of his people. My people is a very short poem, built in three stanzas which consist of two lines in each stanza. This poem was written in simple language, therefore, the readers can easily understand what he is trying to convey. I believe, beneath its simple words, this poem…

One's ability to see is often taken for granted as it is in "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver. The title suggests that the story deals with a cathedral, but it is really about two blind men; one physically, the other mentally. One of the men is Robert, the blind friend of the narrator's wife, and the other is the narrator himself. The narrator is the man who is mentally blind, and unknowingly describes his own prejudice. Carver writes the husband as a man with a very narrow mind. Two instances in…

The femme fatale became a very popular character in crime fiction in the United States during the mid-twentieth century (Jaber, 1). This character is a woman who is portrayed to be hyper-sexual and is manipulative towards men. The femme fatale appears in hard-boiled crime fiction and film noir. She also was featured on many pulp covers making seductive poses because of the rise of sex in books (Horsley). Throughout the mid-twentieth century, the femme fatale character changed. Throughout this…

The Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus Almost every Sunday during my youth was spent at church with the family. On many occasions, we were simply up the road at the local Catholic Church but the most memorable moments that I can recall are the ones spent with family at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus. I had always wondered why it looked the way it did until my continuing education later in life. This a very structurally beautiful building and it acts the part of worship and school all…