The Stone Carvers

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…

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…

accepting of his wife contacting the blind man named Robert with the help of tapes. When he came to visit the couple, the narrator, known as "Bub," was shocked to find that the stereotypes of blind men, which he learned by watching movies, were all false. Carver made Bub to be blind, not physically, but to what communication can lead to. At the beginning, Bub was blind to the world, as he rarely made any communication with anyone, including his wife. He had a stereotype for, what seemed like,…

Raymond Carver write's, " Little Things" and portrays a real example of a couple in a disagreement with symbolism. The symbolism allows the reader to have a visual of people who are together that find some of the smallest things to argue about that turns into something much bigger. Carver does a good job of showing the repercussions when the smaller things get to someone rather than letting it go. Life becomes simpler when the arguing of simple, pointless things is reduced to a low amount.…

Men tend to be possessive and aggressive, especially in the case of their spouses. This reigns especially true for the narrator in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral.” When the narrator's wife has a male friend stay over, her husband’s true colors begin to show, as he makes predetermined judgements based solely upon jealousy. Robert, a blind man, causes the narrator to shift from judgemental and ignorant to accepting and aware through getting him to see through his eyes. From the moment the…

Change can happen anywhere, in Cathedral change happens in one single night. It happened in the most beautiful and unexpected way so by the end of the tale, all characters will experience a dramatic change. When Narrator, at the beginning of the story when he learns that Robert is coming to visit, he gets jealous and angry. Even though he isn’t literally blind, he shows a lack of insight and self-awareness, in many ways, that make him blinder than Robert. He can see perfectly fine with his…

Cordell Winward The songs on Ichabod Crane’s playlist would have songs about being ravenous, superstitious, and smart. The first song on his playlist is “Just Eat It” by “Weird Al” Yankovic. Washington Irving wrote “The revenue arising from his school was scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread bread, for he was a huge feeder…” (18). “Weird Al” Yankovic sings about this with being ravenous with these lyrics “So eat it, just eat it/ Have some more chicken/ Have some more pie/ Open…

Plot refers to the events that make up a story or the main part of a story. The events that make up the story "Cathedral" Written by Raymond Carter in 1910, starts with Bub a dynamic character whose wife's blind friend Robert, whose wife recently passed is coming to visit their home. The idea of having a blind man in his home troubles Bub and Robert's blindness unsettles him. Bubs wife built an association with Robert ten years prior when she worked for him as a reader. During this time they…

The story I chose for the movie is “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver. It’s a very interesting and simple story that change the perspective of a narrator of how he can see beyond the surface, and the inner self. The writer uses a first-person narrator to emphasize the hidden aspects of the story that are beyond human experience which the narrator relates too. For the cast, the role of un-named narrator would play by my uncle. My aunt will play the role of un-named narrator’s wife. Lastly Robert would…

I chose to discuss “Cathedral” by Raymond carver for my first essay and how the blind man, Robert, inspires the narrator, the husband of Robert’s friend, to really see the world despite being blind. "Cathedral" is narrated by a man whose wife has an old friend who is coming to visit from Seattle. The friend is blind and his wife has just passed away. The narrator identifies Robert's blindness as his defining characteristic. Though Robert is blind, he can perceive the world in ways the narrator…