Essays 1 - 30
In six pages this essay discusses the positive characterization of the blind man in the short story 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver....
extensively from both the perspective of the unsighted as one who fails to see the beauty of the world around him to the sightless...
In five pages this short story by Raymond Carver is examined in an analysis of the blind character Robert and what he symbolizes. ...
inability to understand the calls in the dead of night are paralleled with the frustration they feel at not getting any informatio...
In a paper consisting of 8 pages the symbolism of blindness in this short story by Raymond Carver is discussed in terms of insight...
able form a friendship with the blind man over that summer. However, it is interesting to note that he only asks to feel her face ...
more poignant due to their downtrodden setting. The approach of the characters is generally reacted to events which are around th...
asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...
is perhaps the first experience they will have when they lose someone very close. The poem goes on: "you feel bad about it/ you fe...
to have a relationship. The narrator tells us that he loves his father, and indicates that he cant handle his alcohol either (hint...
clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...
love that both lives and dies upon ones overzealous sense of passion. "There was a time when I thought I loved my first wife more...
In three pages Raymond Carver's last short story is analyzed in terms of culture and setting. There are no other sources cited....
In five pages this report analyzes 'My Father's Life,' a short story by Raymond Carver. Two sources are cited in the bibliography...
In six pages this paper discusses human behavior as analyzed by Sigmund Freud and why people act as they do in an analysis of 'Cal...
In six pages the role class difference plays in these works is discussed. There are no other sources listed....
In five pages this undestated bookkeeper character is analyzed in terms of his importance to Carver's short story. Five sources a...
In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of setting and character development. There is no bibliography included....
out, inasmuch as one cannot love someone more than life itself. Indeed, this concept proves too great a burden for another person...
who are very young and very old and this paradigm really only involves an individuals life for an eighteen year time span. For exa...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Sharon Olds' poem 'Sex Without Love' with Raymond Carver's short story 'What W...
This 8 page essay reviews to Raymond Carver's style in this work in relationship to his style in other works. 4 sources are cited...
In seven pages the numbing effects of alcohol as depicted in Raymond Carver's 'Why Don't You Dance,?' 'Gazebo,' and 'What We Talk ...
In five pages this report examines how existential reality and daily life's transitory nature are depicted in the 1983 short story...
by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...
sore" (line 4)? The structure of the poem asks a series of questions that, in themselves, suggest the answers, which are all found...
that what they hoped for at collage. However, the betrayal by Duane despite the beauty of Holly. Carver starts to indicted the way...
quietly, knowing something is coming her way, some feeling, some understanding, some epiphany. Then, it comes. It tells her she is...
word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...
in this sort of limbo (Carver). He seems to be dealing with it, but he knows how hard it is on the children, who are crying themse...