One of the many tools authors can use when they write short stories is character development. One such author that creates two contrasting yet comparable characters in his stories is Robert Carver. In the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver‚ we see three main characters. The characters include the blind man‚ Robert‚ the blind man’s friend‚ the wife‚ and her husband. Throughout the story Carver sets up Robert‚ the blind man‚ and her friend’s husband to be contrasted in a variety of ways‚
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CHILD HERO: BETHANY HAMILTON by Amanda from Midland “ People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it‚ and just never give up‚ and just go out there and do it.” This quote was given not by a mathematician‚ an artist or a freedom fighter. This person is an inspiration to others by doing what she loves‚ even when a tragic event turned her whole life upside down. She is a pro surfer‚ a survivor‚ and a heroine with an attitude that will get her and her followers to the top of
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My fiction book Stung by Bethany Wiggins is a book about a girl Fiona who wakes up in her house almost completely brain washed. She walks outside and goes through the "wall"‚ which separates two different areas. She meets a boy Jacque‚ she works with him trying to stay alive from the "beasts". She gets caught by the militia‚ which is a small community that allows no trespassers‚ who knows who she is. The person who caught her was her neighbor before the virus went down. The virus was brought when
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The book that I read this quarter was Stung by Bethany Wiggins. It is about a 17-year-old girl named Fiona Tarsis who lives in a world where being stung and bearing the mark means you live on the wrong side of the wall. During desperate attempts to save the rapidly declining bee population‚ a new line of super bees were created. Genetically modified to resist all pesticides and engineered to have a more deadly and venomous sting‚ the GenMod bees became the new hope for the future of the bees and
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The Chartres Cathedral is one of the most notable pieces of gothic architecture‚ and many people have been impressed and in awe of the cathedral since it has been built. This includes American filmmaker‚ Orson Welles. In his final film he highlights the Chartres Cathedral by saying: This has been standing here for centuries. The premier work of man perhaps in the whole Western world‚ and it’s without a signature: Chartres. A celebration to God’s glory and to the dignity of man (Orson Welles‚ F is
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history. It will also investigate the subsequent events generated after The Great Fire in London 1666‚ which led him to become into the great architect he is now considered‚ focusing on the culmination of all his work‚ his masterpiece‚ St Paul’s cathedral. The paper will explore the building in detail‚ going through his initial and final designs‚ the inspirations achieved from other architects‚ studying all the spaces enclosed inside
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great cathedrals. In the video‚ it talks about how in the gothic period they managed to build great cathedrals that reached the greatest height and maybe somehow added religious aspect into the building of the cathedral. They also experimented how a cathedral could collapse and how to prevent Amiens cathedral from collapsing like a previous cathedral. Also‚ a town in France trying to build a cathedral using the old method. Final across the world a group of people trying to rebuild a cathedral that
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Comparing and contrasting a Cathedral and Temple does not usually come across the table‚ but when it comes to Art History it is one of the most popular topics. Throughout Chapter 18: The Age of Faith; several of temples‚ mosques‚ cathedrals‚ sculptures and paintings were discussed. The two things I aspire to compare and contrast in this essay are the Notre Dame Cathedral in France and the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in India. The Notre Dame Cathedral is located in Paris‚ France‚ Europe. I choose to
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The Wonder of Cathedrals Since the beginning‚ man has always had some form of faith. Whether it was worshiping rocks or praying to God. No matter what faith‚ they’ve always had a center of worship. Well when the middle-ages came around‚ Christian’s centers were the cathedrals where the bishops were placed. Cathedrals were the pinnacle of the European churches. They demonstrated the wealth and the power of the city’s Christian church. But with such extravagant attention placed into these structures
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Notre Dame Cathedral Why is the Notre Dame Cathedral‚ commenced by Maurice du Sully in 1163 and completed in the Early Gothic style in 12503‚ one of the most recognized cathedrals of its time period in the world? Made mostly of cut stone this remarkable building among its many features that set it apart; including being a tall church for its time‚ the later added rose windows in the north transept‚ and most importantly the flying buttresses‚ which were added quite early in the era. The Notre Dame
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