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    After analyzing Raymond Carver’s "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚" it is easy to see that there are several different ideas concerning true love that the characters in the story are in dispute over. Terri’s idea of real love is the most valid out of the group at the table. All of the members of the group are rather confused as to what real love is. Terri is included as one of the confused. However‚ I believe that she is the closest to understanding what love is. A key piece of evidence

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    Seeing Through Blind Eyes: In a critical essay written by Diane Andrews Henningfeld‚ Henningfeld says that the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly before Carver made it the title of his collection that bears the same name. The story has become one of the most frequently taught short stories of Carver’s body of work (Henningfeld). In the story‚ the closed-minded narrator meets his wife’s good friend‚ Robert‚ who happens to be blind. As the story progresses

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    Outline example for “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver Thesis statement with plan of development: Through characterization and symbolism‚ Carver suggests seeing people as individuals rather than stereotypes can allow a friendship to develop. Topic sentence #1: Although Bub and Robert don’t get off on the right foot‚ they end up seeing each other in their respective ways. Argument: Bub = resentful/jealous‚ ends up seeing what Robert does. Example(s): “I don’t have any blind friends” (280)‚ “It’s really

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    Intake: April 2013 Qeustion: In the story titled Elephant‚ how does Raymond Carver focus on the elephant literally and figuratively? “The writing style of Raymond Carver’s short story entitled “Elephant” represent a simplistic‚ yet strong style of writing that is reminiscent of the great work of Earnest Hemmingway. There are several ways in which the writing style within Elephant harkens back to the stylistics of Hemmingway. Carver always goes straight to the point; like Hemmingway he focuses on

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    Sumary - My Fathers Life

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    My Father’s Life - Raymond Carver Summary In “My Father’s Life‚” Raymond Carver highlights his profound encounters with his father which affected his life in a huge way. Throughout‚ the author has stated those various moments in his life in depth where he could relate to his father and feel the closest to him. The father’s relation with his mother was very strained and complicated. It seemed like Raymond was the only one who could relate to his father to closely and his love for him was unparalleled

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    A Small, Good Thing

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    The short story A Small‚ Good Thing by Raymond Carver tells of two American parents dealing with their son’s hospitalisation and death as the result of a hit-and-run car accident. The insensitive actions of their local baker add to their anger and confusion‚ yet by the end of the story‚ leave them with a sense of optimism and strength. With such content‚ Carver runs the risk of coming across as sentimental; however‚ this is not the case‚ and the anguish of the parents and their shock at the situation

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    Samuel Adebayo Professor Jennifer M Jakob Literature 110 December 3‚ 2013 Response to (A Small Good Thing by Raymond Carver) Having read Diana’s take on this story‚ I totally agree with the fact that the story is that of isolation‚ loneliness‚ and connectedness. Raymond Carver uses this story to depict a classic example of how disjointed and lonely people could be. Many people have allowed themselves to be consumed by life’s circumstances‚ career‚ and education. Consequently‚ they

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    Neighbors Analysis. Author Raymond Carver was born in 1938 and is a well-known American writer and poet. He died at the age of 50. 5 years later‚ in 1993‚ a collection of some of his short stories were put together in "Short Cuts." The first short story is called "Neighbors". Here we meet Bill and Arlene Miller‚ who seem to be having a crisis in their marriage. They are somewhat jealous of the life of their neighbors‚ who are travelling and having fun all the time‚ while Bill and Arlene are

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    Campbell‚ Ewing. "Breakthrough: ’What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚ ’." Raymond Carver: A Study of the Short Fiction. (1992): 45-47. Rpt. in Short Stories for Students‚ Vol. 12. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. Ewing Campbell discusses his thoughts on what can be taken from a story where “nothing happens”‚ something he says readers have often complained about with Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Campbell does a good job of summarizing

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    Tug-of-War "Popular Mechanics‚" by Raymond Carver‚ was written in order to make the audience imagine their own details. The descriptions in this story are very blunt‚ the man and woman in the story are nameless with no clue of physical description‚ and there is no mention of what city‚ state‚ or country the story takes place. This allows the reader to picture the surroundings and details of the story in their own way; maybe the reader has heard of or been in similar situations and they can put

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