The story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver is about one man’s understanding and acceptance of a blind man. The narrator represents the story’s dominant theme of overcoming prejudice of the blind through personal experience as well as mutual respect. The narrator‚ who remains nameless‚ holds deeply unfounded beliefs and stereotypes of what a blind person should be‚ yet over a relatively short period of time he develops a bond with the blind man‚ whom at first he privately mocked. The narrator’s preconceived
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The Tell-Tale Heart from the point of view of the old man Curse this eye! A curse be upon this cold‚ lifeless form that rest in the socket where a vibrant‚ living eye once was. I believe I shall never fully adjust my vision to my one living eye. Thanks be to heaven for the lad that has come into my life to take care of me in my old age. He makes me yearn for my lost youth. So full of life is he. I thought for so long I would spend my last years on this earth alone‚ stumbling around my house
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k-Nearest Neighbors algorithm (or k-NN for short) is a non-parametric method used for classification and regression. In both cases‚ the input consists of the k closest training examples in the feature space. The output depends on whether k-NN is used for classification or regression: • In k-NN classification‚ the output is a class membership. An object is classified by a majority vote of its neighbors‚ with the object being assigned to the class most common among its k nearest neighbors (k is a positive
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They felt like they were going to become heroes for what they were going to do. They were going to walk where he walked. They were going to free their sins they thought. According to The first crusade Analyzing different perspectives document A by Raymond d’Aguilers paragraph 2‚ “Lord‚ so that Almighty God‚ who for us‚ His servants‚ laid aside the form of His Godhead‚ assumed the flesh‚ and humbly rode into the city on an ass to suffer death on the Cross for our sins‚ may come to our aid. If we make
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This is evident in the narrator’s reaction‚ through Carvers writing‚ when he is informed that the blind man was coming to stay with them. Rather than reacting with a false guise of comfort‚ he instead replies sarcastically saying‚ “Maybe I could take him bowling‚” (3) knowing full man the blind man couldn’t
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In his short story titled simply ’Elephant’‚ Raymond Carver focuses on the elephant both literally and figuratively. Literally‚ when the author used the word elephant as the title for his short story‚ he made me think of the narrator in the story as hardworking because elephants are hardworking creatures. The narrator works hard to earn a living and takes his responsibilities seriously. Also‚ the author could have used the word elephant to bring attention to the phrase elephant in the room which
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As reading different point of views on life‚ in both positive and negative ways‚ it was seen that there is more than one way to view life given different situations. Hamlet did not have the best look at life‚ but he did not have the best life either. In the Roger Ebert interview we learned that Ebert had the most positive way of viewing life. In the “What is a Life Wort” article‚ we learned how people put a price tag on life‚ and last but not least we learned how much our corpse is worth with the
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"Today’s Prisoners Are Tomorrow’s Neighbors" Mass Incarceration is a complex and undervalued issue in the United States. Unfortunately‚ not everyone gives much thought to the disparities plaguing the system‚ the treatment of nonviolent and even violent offenders within it‚ and the impact of the system. In particular‚ the impact of mass incarceration on the families of convicts‚ the people left behind‚ and the communities in which they are taken from. So while there are many positive and constructive
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might have already covered the finer aspects of the project/credit appraisal i.e. from the selection of the project to preparation of projected financials and evaluation of the project from the angle of acceptability‚ more importantly the following points : 1. Commercial ‚ financial‚ technical viability of the project proposed‚ 2. Compliance with the laws of the land‚ guidelines of the various regulatory authorities 3. Funding pattern. 4. Primary and Collateral security cover available‚ etc. 5. financial
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When professor David Ripley’s son was 3‚ the child fell asleep upon the couch in a timber-frame house his father was building for the family. As Ripley looked down upon his son that day curled up‚ he said to himself‚ "My God‚ if I could put that into a song." Later that day‚ the lyric came to him. Ripley‚ a professor of music who specializes in voice and opera‚ recorded the original composition‚ “The Sleeping of a Child‚” on his 1990 "Mustard Seed‚ Songs of Faith" recording. For many years‚ he
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