Charles Cecela Jessica Focer Composition 2/ WRIT 102 2 February 2011 Analysis of “Cathedral” The short story “Cathedral”‚ written by Raymond Carver is a rather simple story with a complex and revealing true meaning. A man‚ the narrator‚ is upset or uneasy about the arrival of his wife’s’ long time friend Robert. The main reason for him feeling upset is because the wife’s friend is blind. The narrator has obviously never experienced a blind person and is full of stereotypical thoughts and
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The narrator is describing what happened in his house. From this we discuss the characterization of this short story. I will be discussing the narrator’s friendship with his wife and the blind man. The narrator is someone who is not friendly. Even his wife confirms it by telling him; “you do not have friends. Period.” I will then discuss how the narrator changes in his relationship status as the story end. There was dissatisfaction of friendship at the beginning of the short story. The narrator
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THE STORY OF THE AGED MOTHER A Japanese Folktale Long‚ long ago there lived at the foot of the mountain a poor farmer and hisaged‚ widowed mother. They owned a bit of land which supplied them withfood‚ and their humble were peaceful and happy.Shinano was governed by a despotic leader who though a warrior‚ had agreat and cowardly shrinking from anything suggestive of failing health andstrength. This caused him to send out a cruel proclamation. The entireprovince was given strict orders to immediately
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The protagonist on the place‚ `Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio’ is a beggar by the name of Serapio‚ he is a member of a federation and was accused because of breaking their rules. The accusation was dug by a trial with three antagonists‚ of course‚ more powerful than him‚ by asking questions. The conflict is primarily centered into man versus man because it illustrates to us what a man can do to hurt another man just because of status and greed. We can also say that it is a man versus society
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Report The Goal Hong Kong is a world-renowned economic metropolis‚ and famous for its efficiency and well-serviced community. However‚ it has over 7 million inhabitants living in an area of 1‚000 square kilometers‚ and the population is still growing. Projections established by China’s Census‚ and their statistics show the population could be increased by another 2 million over the next 30 years[overpopulation.com‚ 2013]. The majority of the increase‚ 93%‚ is caused by immigrants[overpopulation
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Cultural Lens People have many different thoughts and feelings on a variety of multicultures. Some of those multicultures might be poor people‚ persons with disabilities‚ rich people‚ homosexual women and persons in the United States who do not speak English‚ just to name a few. We all learn or gather how we feel about certain people differently and for certain reasons. This paper will tell you my thoughts and feelings on each multiculture and how each will or could affect
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Our daily life consists of using the Internet 24/7. We use it to access the news‚ shopping online‚ connecting with our friends via email or social networks‚ entertainment‚ and etc. We use the internet so often‚ that we never care to realize that other people who may not have the same abilities as we do also access the internet on a daily basis. Web Accessibility refers to the access to websites‚ for not only people of all abilities‚ but people of disabilities too. It is not something we usually think
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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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Echolocation Background Human echolocation has been known and formally studied since at least the 1950s. In earlier times‚ human echolocation was sometimes described as "facial vision” .The field of human and animal echolocation was surveyed in book form as early as 1959. Mechanics Vision and hearing are closely related in that they can process reflected waves of energy. Vision processes light waves as they travel from their source‚ bounce off surfaces throughout the environment and enter
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Outline the main causes of sensory loss There are many factors that can be attributable to causing sensory loss. Varying degrees of vision and hearing loss may occur: During pregnancy: a woman may come into contact with a virus or disease that affects the growing foetus an inherited condition or syndrome may be passed on to the child a chromosomal disorder may occur during the foetus’ early development injury affecting the foetus whilst in utero Complications at birth (multiple
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