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    Rachel Corey 2/7/13 DeStefano EN 12 The Blind Leading the Blind Blindness is an affliction that causes a person to possess the inability to see or to have the sense of sight. In the short story “Cathedral”‚ we meet an average‚ suburban husband and his wife‚ who have a troubled marriage. The husband is less than thrilled to meet his wife’s blind friend‚ Robert‚ who she has been exchanging tapes with for the past ten years. We feel sympathetic towards Robert because of his handicap‚ but as

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    A PLACE FOR THEM‚ A PLACE FOR US The choir of St. Paul’s‚ Cathedrals of England and Wales “With a few exceptions‚ city churches that were rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 were rebuilt under the direction of Christopher Wren” who combined the renaissance and baroque styles to create St. Paul’s cathedral‚ an empathetic masterpiece. The sheltering embrace of the dome as one walks through the nave is appeasing yet humbling‚ creating a sense of place comparable to Bernini’s St. Peter’s colonnade

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    On the evening of Dec 7‚ 2017‚ Leaving a Mark and La Raza Clubs premiered their annual pastorela play “El Portal de Nopaltepec”‚ a comedic play on the Nativity Scene and in Spanish. The play showcased for four nights‚ Dec 7-10 at Lynwood High School’s Performing Art Center. On the premiere night‚ the theatre was filled with adults and children of all ages and enjoyed this production for the Christmas spirit. This play interacted with the audience making it fun for the whole family. The play takes

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    Louise Nevelson— Sky Cathedral Presence Survey of World Art By Vyacheslav Borts The sculptress Louise Nevelson was a towering figure of American modernism. Born in 1899‚ she came to prominence in the late ‘50s‚ gaining renown for monochromatic structures built out of discarded wood. Critic Arthur C. Danto wrote‚ “There could be no better word for how Nevelson composed her work than bricolage—a French term that means making do with what is at hand.” (Danto 2007) Her pieces evolved and expanded

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    In the short story Cathedral by Raymond Carter‚ the narrator is jealous of a blind man that has been touching his wife’s face. He seems to not understand his needs with his situation and with his background of not liking his job or the way his relationship is with his wife he becomes more insecure. As they begin bonding in some way Robert asks the narrator to explain to him what a cathedral is in order for him to visualize it. However‚ he wants it done through a drawing. With this the narrator begins

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    Examine character development as exhibited in one story The narrator in Carver’s "Cathedral" changes his point of viewat the end of the story. In the story‚ the man is seen with his wife‚ but has some arguments between each other. The following paragraphs will include the original thinking of the narrator‚ what is the key point for him to change‚ and how does he change at the end of the story. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator has his own ideas about things and will not attempt to see his

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    Literary Analysis paper - Cathedral   "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver tells us short story about a blind man who comes to visit his friend and her husband. In the story‚ even though the husband can technically see and has a normal sight‚ in the beginning of the story he is the one who shows the signs of true "blindness" through inability to see Robert beyond his blindness‚ incapability to communicate with Robert‚ him feeling uncomfortable and acting awkward around Robert. The husband does

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    The Personalization of History in "Murder in the Cathedral" T. S. Eliot was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri. He went to school at Harvard and‚ after graduating‚ lived in England. It was here that he was employed as a schoolmaster‚ a bank clerk‚ and a literary editor for a publishing house called Faber & Faber. After working there for a number of years he became a director. Eliot ’s poetry shows the growth of a poet with devout religious views‚ but Eliot was always careful not to become a religious

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    The “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is a story about the narrator‚ his wife and his wife’s friend Robert‚ who is a blind man that she used to work for as a reader about ten years ago. They were able to keep in touch by mailing tapes to each other. Robert’ wife just died so he was coming for dinner and was going to spend the night at their house after visiting some relatives. The narrator‚ who lack social skills‚ was not so thrilled about entertaining a blind man and was a little jealous about his

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    In “Cathedral” the author focuses on the narrator’s reality. In the beginning the narrator based his vision of Robert the blind man‚ on images he has seen in movies. The narrator uses his wife’s descriptions‚ the tapes‚ and his vision of Robert to get to know Robert. The narrator’s wife met Robert one summer in Seattle when she needed a job. On her last day of work the blind man touched her face. She tried to write a poem about it because this was something that was really important to her. She

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