In Raymond Carver’s story “Cathedral”‚ he tells a story about an old friend visiting. Robert‚ the blind man‚ and the husband are alike in a couple ways‚ including the fact that they both care about the wife‚ and they both like to drink. The husband and Robert also have many differences; the husband is more judgmental than Robert‚ who has more of an open mind. There is the obvious difference that the husband is not blind like Robert. Carver wrote this story from the husband’s point of view‚ so we
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Fat by Raymond Carver This story illustrates my own confusion about theme and plot. The physical actions of taking his order and bringing him his food elicit information in the story which I may be confusing with plot. For example: She brings him his soup and he has completely finished his large salad and two slices of bread. So we learn he eats a lot of food and quickly (which is why he is fat). As she moves between table and kitchen our storyteller defends the fat man to her colleagues. This shows
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Obsession in The Stone Carvers The Stone Carvers is a book of obsessions. Each one of the characters has their own obsessions that at one point they believe to be a natural and helpful to their lives. However each of the characters in The Stone Carvers learns that these obsessions with perfection‚ love‚ adventure‚ or anything end without them being able to be satisfied and on many occasions without achieving what they were obsessing over. The author Jane Urquhart made a compelling story on the
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to see the crowd cheering up above. With my face concealed in the shadow‚ nobody seemed to noticed as I took two steps into the skeletal inside. Immediately‚ I could hear the loud pitter-pattering sound of feet echoing within the spiderweb-like cathedral. Glancing around‚ I saw nothing but dust‚ trash‚ and shadowy shapes. I kicked a nearby plastic cup and entered deeper inside. A familiar feeling of being watched slowly cloaked over me. I revolved slowly when all at once‚ a loud bang sounded followed
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the story‚ Cathedral‚ by Raymond Carver‚ readers are shown the other side of blindness. In the world‚ one may assume that there is just one type of blindness- being sightless. “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies‚ the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to” (Carver‚ 1). The meaning of blindness goes much deeper than that. Through the actions and words of a character‚ the husband
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conclusion about what love is‚ but the main character‚ Mel‚ shares stories that demonstrate what he thinks it is. As Mel becomes increasingly drunk‚ his definitions and anecdotes become more convoluted. By looking at the short story through the Psychoanalytic Criticism‚ the reader can understand how Mel contributes to Carver’s purpose of showing how no person can define love. The Freudian concepts of id‚ ego‚ and superego‚ as well as literary devices such as character foils help to show that the conditions
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The narrator of Cathedral is many things; jealous‚ sarcastic‚ insensitive‚ inconsiderate‚ and overall just a bad person‚ he is also‚ surprisingly‚ a sympathetic character. While he exuberates many flaws and emotions that we do not readily show ourselves‚ this does not strike the fact that we can sympathise and relate to the narrator. In fact‚ it is the fact that he shows all of these flaws that make him a sympathetic character. The reason being is that he shows the emotions and flaws that humans
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to put others before ourselves. Although lets not count out those few people who still seem to know when it is best to make a decision in someone else’s best interest despite what they want. In the short story “Popular Mechanics” written by Raymond Carver shows a little bit of both of these sides but‚ in the end the main theme is that sometimes you have to let go of something you love for the benefit of others. This is a major thing in relationships‚ because a relationship is full of sacrifices everyday
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blind people have to cope to become part of society. They have to depend on their other senses to be able to explore the world around them. However‚ the good thing is that they learn to use their other senses better than other people do. Cathedral‚ by Raymond Carver‚ is set in an early stage when the industry is switching from black and white to colored television. The story took place in the Narrator’s house when his wife invited an old friend to visit their home for one night. The wife’s old friend
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details or characters like a novel would and instead focus on a small cast of characters and said story which is often used to symbolize real world applications. The author Raymond Carver is very proficient in illustrating a world in a short story while infusing real world applications and issues into a story while not directly addressing said theme. In “Cathedral” Raymond Carver uses the narrator‚ the husband‚ to illustrate the aversion many people have toward the disabled community. Carver uses the
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