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    Consider the importance of the method of narration employed in Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights is written by Emily Jane Brontë and narrated by Ellen Dean (Nelly)‚ a servant of both Catherine Earnshaw and her daughter‚ Catherine Linton. Emily Brontë must have thought she was the most convenient of characters to narrate this novel as Nelly was alive through each generation of both the Earnshaw and Linton families. Had someone like Catherine Earnshaw narrated the novel‚ it might have finished

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    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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    Raymond Carver’s story “Cathedral” one is shown three very vague characters. First being the narrator/ husband of the wife. He is the most important of characters because the story is his point of view and about his “blindness” as a person. Secondly‚ there is the wife whom used to work for the blind man. Lastly‚ the blindman named Robert whom has helped the wife in times of need. Do to the husband being the narrator‚ one will recognize his emotional detachment to the other characters in the story. An example

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    Jacy White Feuer Writ 340 30 September 2014 Citizen Journalism in Cathedral The Atlantic Monthly‚ an American monthly journal of literature‚ has maintained its reputation as a high-quality review with a moderate worldview for over 150 years. This publication‚ founded in 1857‚ is one of America’s oldest reviews‚ celebrated for its fiction articles written by numerous esteemed authors and editors [Editors]. In 1981‚ The Atlantic Monthly published a short story that was critically appraised and often

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    back we will open it easily. Sometimes I had to climb to the second floor and enter the house through the window but it happens rarely. Without doubts some of the happiest days of my life have been spent in our country house with my family. Narration. My first abroad trip. Everyone wants to travel and I’m not exception. For people who had visited dozens of countries travelling becomes commonplace and sometimes they even can’t remember anything interesting about places in which they were few

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    NARRATION OF EXPERIENCE Date: November 12‚ 2013 Jobs/Activities Performed: Exactly 2 o clock in the afternoon‚ Dr. Judith G. Gamit‚ Campus Director‚ introduced us to Ms. Evarista Abante‚ Principal of Armado Elementary School. The two of them discussed the requirements‚ guidelines and other important things about practice teaching. After that‚ Ms. Abante assigned us to our respective grades to handle. I was assigned in grade VI. Then‚ I met my cooperating teacher‚ Ms. Marlyn Daprosa. Ma’am

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    Saint Patrick’s Cathedral I stood facing the gothic cathedral and I couldn’t help but gasp at the distinct facade of Saint Patrick’s. At first glance‚ one would have an impression of ‘heavy layering‚ a bunch of shapes and lean‚ heavy pillars’‚ majestic‚ extravagant as well as complicatedly structured. However‚ at a second look‚ the facade is actually mainly just composed of triangles and rectangles‚ erected bold and beautiful in the center of the city. The facade of the Saint Patrick’s

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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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    In Cathedral‚ by Raymond Carver‚ a blind man is visiting his friend that took care of him ten years ago. Although never given a name in this story‚ the narrator’s (Bub’s) wife is an important character. It is her friendship with Robert that "makes" the story. For her‚ it started out just as a job‚ and grew into much more. She read to Robert and helped him with all the household chores. She left working for him because her husband went to officer training school so they had to move. The blind man

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    Comparison and Contrast of Two Gothic Cathedrals Gothic Style is some of the most beautiful works of art that man have ever made. It originated with the Romanesque style of building which lasted for about one hundred years before it was replaced by Gothic styles. The founder of the Gothic style was a man by the name of Abbot Suger. Notre Dame de Chartres cathedral was built in France between 1145 and 1513 and is Gothic architecture. Another Gothic architecture is the Bourges and it is

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