Cathedral’s True Meaning "My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was inside anything. It’s really something I said." This statement is said by the narrator of the story at the end of the story‚ where at this point you finally come to the realization of what the true meaning or theme is behind the story. Cathedral‚ by Raymond Carver‚ shows that you do not have to see someone or something in order to appreciate them for who or what they
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Close reading NB: a close reading is not a description from beginning to end: it is a view on a narrative that sees it as a whole‚ and has a critical opinion on it. Basics The process of close reading is twofold: first‚ read the text; second‚ interpret your reading. Interpretation is a kind of inductive reasoning: you should move from the observation of particular facts and details to a reading based on those details. A close reading does not mean a close description - the reading element
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is a set of deviations from a norm … a ‘special’ kind of language‚ in contrast to the ‘ordinary’ language we commonly use.” Ordinary lang is different for different classes‚ regions‚ ages‚ etc. Lit lang is an assemblage of devices (sound‚ rhythm‚ narrative techniques‚ etc) and the lit content is merely present as the reason to use these in a particular way. 6-7 However‚ it’s possible to read anything as literature‚ giving the text a more general significance beyond its pragmatic purpose (reading it
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the reader. Through Bateman‚ Ellis describes a society that he criticizes in a more or less subtle way. We see the world through his eyes and whether we like it or not‚ this is the contemporary upper class. American Psycho is one of the fiercest criticisms that an American writer has made of his own country: a complacent and self-indulgent society. For his argument‚ the author has chosen a risky path: Patrick Bateman‚ not a rebel or an outcast‚ Patrick is a young man of success‚ however‚ also capable
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and his family‚ including his abusive father and tortured mother. Eddie’s father‚ Mr. Sawyer‚ fancied his library and later on died of unknown cause. His wife decided to burn and sell all of the books in his library. It is obvious that feminist criticism and structuralism are well applied to the story. Feminism refers to the advocacy of equality of the sexes and the establishment of the political‚ social‚ and economic rights of the female sex whereas structuralism suggests the belief that things
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critically acclaimed‚ yet possibly the most provocative and controversial‚ filmmakers working in the industry today. His filmic style is unique and consistent‚ remaining widely recognised for his cinema of discomfort. Haneke repeatedly returns to similar narrative themes based on social and often political contexts consistently challenging audiences to “consider their own responsibility for what they watch” (Brunnette‚ 2010‚ 2). In doing so‚ Haneke has successfully identified himself as one of the most acclaimed
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traditions of social theory meet. The author Deb Stewart is a Lecturer in the School of Management‚ Victoria University‚ Melbourne‚ Victoria‚ Australia. Keywords Learning organization‚ Organizational learning‚ Organizational change‚ Metaphor‚ Narratives Abstract Examines the theoretical and practical development of the concept of the learning organisation (LO). Some theorists have used the term LO interchangeably with organisational learning‚ while others have drawn
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Malgudi Days is a very special book‚ but it also may well be a book for special tastes. A collection of thirty-two stories‚ most of which have been selected from two previously published collections‚ An Astrologer’s Day and Other Stories (1947) and Lawley Road (1956)‚Malgudi Days offers a mosaic of a life that seems to belong to a lost time. The tone of the stories belongs to the nineteenth century‚ to the world of Rudyard Kipling and O. Henry‚ to the days when stories were expected to have neat
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Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih (1929 – 2009) was an acclaimed author of the Arab world whose literary works were prominent during the 1960’s. His works are often set in context of colonialism in the Sudan. Throughout Salih’s short stories‚ “The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid” and “The Wedding of Zein” the importance of tradition and ceremony as aspects of culture are illuminated through the features of Islam‚ oral tradition‚ and the preservation of culture in contrast change and modernism. Salih uses language
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2006) and the ‘power of the fantastic’ (EA300‚Block 4) work together in any two of the set texts in Block 4? ‘The lure of the real’ (Bogan‚A.2006) and the ‘power of the fantastic’ (EA300‚Block 4) are used to create dramatic effect and depth to narratives‚ in interesting and diverse ways. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive. When the real and the fantastic combine‚ truly delightful and often informative‚ stories are created. Novels differ in their proportional use of realism and fantasy
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