Reflection on Cathedral In a short story named Cathedral by Raymond Carver‚ he discusses about an unnamed man who is doubtful to his wife’s blind friend named Robert‚ he used to be the boss of her. One day he came to stay at their house because he was invited by the wife‚ and the wife invited him because he lost his wife and she wanted him to spend some time with them. The husband was feeling so uncomfortable because of the visit of Robert. The husband met the blind man‚ and he was acting in an
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The story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver is about one man’s understanding and acceptance of a blind man. The narrator represents the story’s dominant theme of overcoming prejudice of the blind through personal experience as well as mutual respect. The narrator‚ who remains nameless‚ holds deeply unfounded beliefs and stereotypes of what a blind person should be‚ yet over a relatively short period of time he develops a bond with the blind man‚ whom at first he privately mocked. The narrator’s preconceived
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“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is set in 1983 in the narrator’s house somewhere In New York. The story starts with the narrator telling us about his wife’s old friend that was blind. The narrator tells us about how the blind man’s wife had died. The blind man then contacted the narrator’s wife. Arrangements were made and then the blind man was coming to spend the night at the narrators house. He would come to New York from his in laws in Connecticut by a 5-hour train ride. The blind and the wife always
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Case Study 2 Professor A. Van Cauwenbergh of Antwerp University‚ in a paper presented at the Tenth Anniversary Conference of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management‚ presented four revisions to traditional Management Theory. In summary‚ the revisions are: (1) The initiative for the renewal and adjustment of the activities of a firm should come from the different levels in the management hierarchy. “Strategy is not a privilege of top management”. (2) Firms‚ especially big firms
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descriptive words with negative connotation; “This blind man was late forties‚ a heavy-set‚ balding man with stooped shoulders‚ as if he carried a great weight there. He wore brown slacks‚ brown shoes‚ a light-brown shirt‚ a tie‚ a sports coat. Spiffy” (Carver‚ 5). The narrator’s description‚ not only subconsciously affects his feelings towards Robert‚ but also affects the opinions of the readers. Instead of allowing the readers to develop an opinion of their own‚ the narrator’s bias has created one. The
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Collaboration lesson/task description: Describe the lesson or task you completed collaboratively in a paragraph consisting of five or more sentences. We talked about plotting graphs and how slopes work. We completed the assessment 4.08 and a collaboration for the segment. Peer and Self Evaluation: Rate each member of the team‚ including yourself‚ according to each of the performance criteria below. I cant remember every student in the live lesson. But actually we all worked and answered the
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3RTO Multiple Choice Test Section 1 3RTO: Resourcing Talent Question 1 Talent management looks at how an organisation uses the skills of its workforce in order to maintain competitive advantage. Which of the areas listed below would not be part of a talent management programme? Leadership development Recruitment and selection Succession planning Payroll processing Question 2 Talent management programmes can help motivate staff and make them more productive‚ which in turn benefits
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The short story “A Small‚ Good Thing” by Raymond Carver is about a life taken from a young child days prior to his birthday. Vivid images are forced through your mind and behind it all a lesson is to be learned of how small things are good things in due time. Through this narrative‚ the reader becomes acquainted with the agonizing pain a mother and father suffer from their tragic loss with their child. In Carver’s story‚ “A Small‚ Good Thing‚” we are brought glimpses of the anxiety and are taught
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17 On Saying Please The young lift-man in a City office who threw a passenger out of his lift the other morning and was fined for the offence was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question of ’Please’. The complainant entering the lift‚ said‚ ’Top’. The lift-man demanded ’Top-please’ and this concession being refused he not only declined to comply with the instruction‚ but hurled the passenger out of the lift. This‚ of course was carrying a comment on manner too far. Discourtesy is not a legal offence
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worry and stress over things we have no control over. But throughout it all‚ there is always a blessing waiting to be discovered that will help you overcome your burden. Life throws all kind of obstacles your way‚ whether you’re prepared for it or not. In Raymond Carver’s short story “A Small Good Thing” it actually allows the reader to experience that. Carver skillfully pours out the emotions of Mr. and Mrs. Weiss‚ how happy one can be until something tragic happens‚ which test their faith‚ but some
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