descriptive words with negative connotation; “This blind man was late forties‚ a heavy-set‚ balding man with stooped shoulders‚ as if he carried a great weight there. He wore brown slacks‚ brown shoes‚ a light-brown shirt‚ a tie‚ a sports coat. Spiffy” (Carver‚ 5). The narrator’s description‚ not only subconsciously affects his feelings towards Robert‚ but also affects the opinions of the readers. Instead of allowing the readers to develop an opinion of their own‚ the narrator’s bias has created one. The
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Blindness can manifest itself in many ways. Arguably the most detrimental form of this condition may be the figurative blindness of ones own situations and ignorance towards the feelings of others. In Raymond Carver ’s short story "Cathedral‚" the narrator ’s emotional and psychological blindness is immediately apparent. The many issues faced by the narrator as well as the turn-around experienced at the culmination of the tale are the main ideas for the theme of this story; and these ideas aid the
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The poem “Happiness” by Raymond Carver is written in short stanzas‚ a mixture of quatrains and tercets. Raymond Carver uses short lines without a particular poem pattern. He exposes a casual and peaceful tone. The tone enables the reader to understand the poem by creating imagery through the stanzas. It creates images of peacefulness and love. In addition to the tone and imagery‚ he also uses diction to show the source of his happiness. The first stanza explains the writer’s approach towards the
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1 English 110 30 July 2014 Loneliness is an attitude An attitude of loneliness is what the characters in Carver‚ Shepard and Duras’s stories have chosen as a way of life. Marguerite Duras chooses loneliness in her characters solely due to love‚ while Carver and Shepard’s characters choose an attitude of loneliness transpired from alcoholism and disappointment in love. Loneliness‚ an outcome of alcoholism can lead to lack of motivation to improve oneself. The lack of motivation in Carver’s
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Popular Mechanics the author‚ Raymond Carver‚ uses painstaking details‚ numerous symbols‚ and an unusual title to convey the universal theme that not all relationships end happily. Carver uses all these things to his advantage. He brings out the theme of this depressing‚ but truthful story. Many couples these days experience the same thing that this one in particular went through. "Early that day the weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water." Carver starts off the story in this way
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In Raymond Carver’s story “Cathedral”‚ he tells a story about an old friend visiting. Robert‚ the blind man‚ and the husband are alike in a couple ways‚ including the fact that they both care about the wife‚ and they both like to drink. The husband and Robert also have many differences; the husband is more judgmental than Robert‚ who has more of an open mind. There is the obvious difference that the husband is not blind like Robert. Carver wrote this story from the husband’s point of view‚ so we
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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 in society‚ so he does not want Robert in his house. Even
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“Why‚ Honey?” is a short story written by the American short-story writer and poet‚ Raymond Carver‚ published in his collection Will You Please Be Quiet‚ Please in 1970 (en.wikipedia.org). The text tells the story of a mother’s concern of her son’s behaviour and tendency to lie starting from a young age to present time‚ in a form of a letter‚ an epistolary narrative (sittingbee.com). The woman in the text is the protagonist and narrator of the story and her son is a minor character. However‚ even
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thing to put others before ourselves. Although lets not count out those few people who still seem to know when it is best to make a decision in someone else’s best interest despite what they want. In the short story “Popular Mechanics” written by Raymond Carver shows a little bit of both of these sides but‚ in the end the main theme is that sometimes you have to let go of something you love for the benefit of others. This is a major thing in relationships‚ because a relationship is full of sacrifices
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Fat by Raymond Carver This story illustrates my own confusion about theme and plot. The physical actions of taking his order and bringing him his food elicit information in the story which I may be confusing with plot. For example: She brings him his soup and he has completely finished his large salad and two slices of bread. So we learn he eats a lot of food and quickly (which is why he is fat). As she moves between table and kitchen our storyteller defends the fat man to her colleagues. This shows
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