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    The short story, “Birnam Wood,” by T.C. Boyle, explores a young man Keith’s fractured relationship with his girlfriend Nora from first person point of view. Keith reconnected with Nora by sending her “wheedling letters begging her” to come back to him, and she eventually obliged. They lived together in a rebuilt yet cramped chicken coop that had “creeping and greasy” mold on the corners, and no heating. Displeased with their living conditions, and faced with yet another dilemma -- seeing…

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    others harshly when they don’t know them personally. In “The Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, the husband has a hard time understanding the relationship between the wife and the blind man, Robert. Throughout the story, Carver shows us that assumptions interfere with the overall impression of a person and that audible communication increases understanding by using literary devices and elements of character. Carver gives the husband a straight but, aggravated tone which characterizes him as…

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    through the narrator in “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver. The character that stands out the most is the narrator. Even though the narrator isn’t actually blind, he lacks awareness that makes him more blind than the actual blind person in the story, Robert. The narrator begins talking about how he knows what a blind person is like from the movies he has seen. Blind people to him “moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs” (Carver 200). As the story…

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    and read. Carver does not try to bombard the reader with ‘big fancy words’ rather he chooses to go with an easy to…

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    In a spacious cove along the east side of the Hudson River lied a small town known as Tarry Town. There resided Ichabod Crane, a simple fellow who was the school master of the town. The desire of heart was to win over Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy man. It was short lived, however, when she turned him down for Brom Bones. Heartbroken he went to a tavern, a place he never visits, and drank the content of an unknown keg. Inside that keg was a strong alcoholic drink imported from…

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    Bonds between people usually form from mutual community in which people interact in. Communities allow friendships and even family to grow and strengthen over time, such communities can be seen in life and even in stories such as Cathedral by. Raymond Carver. By having a group of people to interact with and grow alongside to allows a community to form and become a life that is centered around those people and activities that will ensue in that community. In the story Cathedral The Blind Man…

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    wife yelled at him (Carver 36). It can be perceived that, at the beginning of their visitation with Robert, the narrator “made ourselves comfortable” and began to enjoy the company (Carver 38). There is a thought-provoking part during the after dinner conversation the narrator states, "they talked of things that had happened to them—to them!—these past ten years! I waited in vain to hear my name on my wife’s sweet lips" but unfotuntaley he “heard nothing of the sort” (Carver 39). His response…

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    Raymond Carver we are introduce to three characters of the Narrator, Robert the blind elder fellow and the Narrator’s Wife. We learn of these three character’s genders by Carver’s use of pronouns when he is describing them. Other than that the other descriptions are subtle and not outright. The Narrator’s wife social class before she is married to the Narrator is described by author’s description of a need for a job. “That summer in Seattle she had needed a job. She didn’t have any money”…

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    Everything Stuck To Him

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    “Everything Stuck To Him”. Carver chronically uses a minimalistic approach in his stories; this one is no exception. His lack of embellishment actually adds to his works because it acts as symbolism for accessibility. This story is laden with important word choices, making every sentence meaningful to the central ideals. The reader is found looking for more after reading this short story, only to find symbols for the permanency of one’s choices in life. In “Everything Stuck to Him”, Carver uses…

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    illustrating the narrator’s insensitive thoughts and emotions towards his wife’s blind friend and his own limited awareness or (interference) with himself. The narrator then experiences freedom like he never has before alongside Robert, the blind man. Carver interprets different forms of blind both physically and mentally or emotionally. The unnamed narrator makes _________ remarks towards Robert and his wife. He first begins with asking his wife if Robert’s wife, Beulah was a Negro because of…

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