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    Blue Monologue

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    pick my sorry self off the ground and hobble back to my nest‚ and from that day forward I swore to myself that I would find these men and take my revenge. The months and years passed without a single hint of who the man was. Then one day out of the blue I saw the man’s face. Oh how I remember that wretched face‚ the missing ear‚ the hole in his check and the mis-colored eyes. He had a face that only a mother could love. I then followed him back to where he stayed hoping he was still with the old man

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    stereotypes to different ethnicities‚ races‚ and other groups. People before the 1980s had different viewpoints before the age of media. In a reference to how blind people are perceived‚ they complement with accessories such as canes and sunglasses. In “Cathedral‚” Raymond Carver suggests a theme of discriminatory lenses through diction‚ allusion‚ and imagery. Carver uses literary language to help perceive the narrator as an ignorant‚ disrespectful person. The narrator believes Robert is an abnormal person

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    don’t know how to say this because I have zero experience in this kind of thing whatsoever‚ but I have had the biggest crush on you since like a week into me working here. Right away I thought you were super handsome and sort of funny and your laugh is like the best thing ever‚ but I was fine until you started teasing me about tripping on the mats. Since then as I’ve gotten to know you I’ve tried to think up flaws and reason why no; I don’t have a huge crush on him he drives me nuts. As I’ve gotten

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    Sonny’s Blues presents numerous biblical themes that strongly correspond with the Holy Bible. The biblical themes of salvation‚ redemption‚ forgiveness‚ light and darkness‚ and the cup of trembling are displayed throughout the narrative. Biblical themes of brotherly love‚ bondage‚ and the prodigal son are also discussed by Baldwin in the story. Each biblical theme articulates the struggles that Sonny dealt with in his life concerning his troubled past and his willingness to escape from these intense

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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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    Summary of Cathedral On the surface Raymond Carver’s‚ Cathedral is nothing more than a story of acceptance. The story takes place in New York around the 1980’s. The principle characters include: The Narrator who is a jealous husband‚ Robert a blind man who is kindhearted and the Narrator’s wife who is a lonely woman looking for attention. The story begins when an old friend of the Narrator’s wife‚ Robert‚ was coming to visit. The Narrator’s wife used to work for Robert when she lived in Seattle

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    Setting Analysis Sonny’s Blues Sonny’s Blues takes place in Harlem‚ New York. The story unfolds during the 1950’s which was a time frame that swept the African American community into a downward spiral. This period followed the Harlem Renaissance and although that historical event ended after the 1920’s‚ the effects on the black community were still very prevalent factor. Musicians‚ poets‚ writers and other creatives still managed to flourish. On the contrary‚ poverty stricken neighborhoods

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    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 are. It is about a husband‚ the narrator‚ and his wife who live in a house. The wife‚ whose name they do not mention‚ has

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    Holiday Blues

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    anyone can do to get you over this silent pain you are going through. Counseling could be one way of coping with this loss and trying to fill this void in ones life. Anti-depressants is another alternative. The best way I have found to beat the blues in combination of the above‚if that is needed‚ is to bring yourself back to something you love to do. Be it listening to music‚ writing memoirs‚ singing‚ going out to a comedy. Just get yourself involved and loose yourself in your favorite past time

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    BLUE BRAIN Paper Presentation ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATION Advantages: 1. We can remember things without any effort. 2. Decision can be made without the presence of a person. 3. Even after the death of a man his intelligence can be used. 4. The activity of different animals can be understood. That means by interpretation of the electric impulses from the brain of the animals‚ their thinking can be understood easily. 5. It would allow the deaf to hear via direct nerve stimulation

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