Personality is the way a person acts‚ thinks‚ and feels. Measuring personality can use various different scales and many are self-report measurements. It can be difficult to decide which measurement to use for personality type. This study used the Meyer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). We chose the MBTI because of how well known and reliable it has proven to be. Macdonald‚ Anderson‚ Tsagarakis‚ and Holland (1994) conducted a study to see the differences between the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI)‚ and the
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Raymond Carvers Cathedral illustrates the point of view of a self-centered man‚ the narrator‚ who suffers from a mild lack of education and culture while being more than slightly close-minded and rude. These are observations that one can make by considering how he reacts to his wifes blind friend‚ Robert coming over at their house as well as by his perceptions of the blind man. The fact that the main character is also narrating helps as well when trying to capture his nature since we have access
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According to www.my-personality-test.com‚ my Meyer-Briggs personality type is that of ISFJ (Introverted‚ Sensing‚ Feeling‚ and Judging). ISFJs comprise approximately 12% of the total population; they are known for avoiding conflict and/or confrontation‚ having a warm‚ friendly‚ and supportive nature‚ and exhibiting impeccable organizational skills. In line with their organizational adroitness‚ ISFJs value responsibility and are generally practical‚ thorough‚ and highly methodical in most facets of
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I fear this essay may come off a bit choppy due to the fact that while reading “The Cathedral” by Raymond Carver I had a lot of different questions and thoughts running through my head. The first thing I noticed was that the narrator never really uses names and that confused me. Making the story difficult to navigate and raising the question‚ why leave character names a mystery until later? What purpose does it serve? We never learn the names of the narrator‚ the wife or the officer‚ most of the
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fiction writing is commonly associated with simple language‚ direct descriptions‚ straightforward vocabulary‚ and no resolution. Background information‚ setting details‚ and complex sentence structure are very scarce in this style of writing style. Raymond Carver was one of many who frequently used the dirty fiction technique. Growing up‚ Carver’s mother and father struggled while trying to support him and his brother. They were very poor and suffered from many hardships‚ including his father’s death
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are considering investing in a wind turbine to create electricity for your home‚ you’ll likely spend some time researching how they work and if this investment is worth it. Like other environmentally-friendly options‚ there are many pros and cons of wind energy to weigh against one another. Pros •The creation of wind energy is "clean". Unlike the use of coal or oil‚ generating energy from the wind doesn’t produce pollutants or require any harmful chemicals. •Wind is free. If you live in a geographical
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In the short story Cathedral by Raymond Carter‚ the narrator is jealous of a blind man that has been touching his wife’s face. He seems to not understand his needs with his situation and with his background of not liking his job or the way his relationship is with his wife he becomes more insecure. As they begin bonding in some way Robert asks the narrator to explain to him what a cathedral is in order for him to visualize it. However‚ he wants it done through a drawing. With this the narrator begins
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In the article Police Violence: American Epidemic‚ American Consent‚ published in The New York Times‚ Sept 26 2016‚ Charles M Blow states that it is a mistake to focus on the actions of a single officer‚ since this is a problem right across society. Officers merely reflect the attitudes and fears of a racist society‚ lately this has had a lot of attention in social medias and on TV and there has been different kinds of protests against it‚ even riots. The black community is having a hard
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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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Raymond Carver‚ Jr. was an American short story author and poet. He was born in 1938 and died in 1988. He was married twice‚ struggled with drugs and alcoholism‚ and was an unsuccessful writer early on in his career. It was not until his publication of “Cathedral” that he gained success. Carver even believed that “Cathedral was a watershed in his career‚ in its shift towards a more optimistic and confidently poetic style” (Arciniegas). “Cathedral” starts out slow‚ spending most of the short story
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