A person with a disability can also be a minority that gives insight to that of capability of basic functions that we take for granted. In the story of Cathedral‚ a husband learns about the obstacles of being blind via his wife’s childhood friend. Conceptually‚ the husband does not fully understand the disconnect blind people have in way of day to day tasks. Through his wife inviting the blind man over‚ the
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Globalization: Advantages and disadvantages of surplus and minimalism Surplus and minimalism‚ two opposite ways of living‚ in which one states living with the less as possible (minimalism)‚ and the other to live by having an amount more than needed (surplus)‚ and in this text it is going to be analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of this. First of all‚ Minimalism is a way of simple living that include reducing one’s possessions and stuff‚ to the point of having simply the needed and avoiding
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story important? In all stories a good setting is an important thing to have. The setting of a story can have a huge impact on the story. A good setting can make or break most stories as it is sometimes a key story telling point. Take the story “Cathedral” for example it take place in a home in New York City during the 80’s. These details help shape the story and provide the reader with a good idea of what everything may look like. “Cathedral’s setting also gives the reader an idea on how people will
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One of the many tools authors can use when they write short stories is character development. One such author that creates two contrasting yet comparable characters in his stories is Robert Carver. In the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver‚ we see three main characters. The characters include the blind man‚ Robert‚ the blind man’s friend‚ the wife‚ and her husband. Throughout the story Carver sets up Robert‚ the blind man‚ and her friend’s husband to be contrasted in a variety of ways‚
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Minimalism‚ Maya Lin and Vietnam Memorial Discussion “Minimal art is characterized by its simplicity in both form and content‚ where personal expression is removed in order to achieve this. The intention of minimalist artists is to allow the audience to view a composition more intensely because the distractions of theme etc. have been removed”. Minimalism can be detected as early as the 18th century where the artist Goethe constructed an Alatar of Good Fortune that consisted of a stone sphere and
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that she wants him to leave. However‚ a quarrel occurs when the couple decides that they both want to keep the baby for themselves. When evaluating this text within the context of the minimalist tradition‚ there are many contributing elements to minimalism. Carver’s choice of short sentences and a lack of quotation marks allows readers to feel tension arise‚ while he uses a minimalist style to speak about
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The Chartres Cathedral is one of the most notable pieces of gothic architecture‚ and many people have been impressed and in awe of the cathedral since it has been built. This includes American filmmaker‚ Orson Welles. In his final film he highlights the Chartres Cathedral by saying: This has been standing here for centuries. The premier work of man perhaps in the whole Western world‚ and it’s without a signature: Chartres. A celebration to God’s glory and to the dignity of man (Orson Welles‚ F is
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history. It will also investigate the subsequent events generated after The Great Fire in London 1666‚ which led him to become into the great architect he is now considered‚ focusing on the culmination of all his work‚ his masterpiece‚ St Paul’s cathedral. The paper will explore the building in detail‚ going through his initial and final designs‚ the inspirations achieved from other architects‚ studying all the spaces enclosed inside
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the narrator. Robert approached the narrator and helped him draw a cathedral. At this special moment‚ the narrator felt a human touch and peaceful moment. Raymond Carver ends the story with emotional seen‚ showing a blind man helping the narrator draw a drawing. This ending to the story leaves many questionable answers. I would like to support the story end with the following quote “I stared hard at the shot of the cathedral on the TV. How could I even begin to describe it? But say my life depended
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great cathedrals. In the video‚ it talks about how in the gothic period they managed to build great cathedrals that reached the greatest height and maybe somehow added religious aspect into the building of the cathedral. They also experimented how a cathedral could collapse and how to prevent Amiens cathedral from collapsing like a previous cathedral. Also‚ a town in France trying to build a cathedral using the old method. Final across the world a group of people trying to rebuild a cathedral that
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