gone out on Saturday night to hear someone sing the blues? Have you ever gone to a Baptist church the next morning and heard a joyful gospel song? You may think the two musical expressions have nothing in common‚ but if you listen closely and study their histories‚ you will find some surprising similarities. When you first hear gospel music and the blues‚ you can’t help noticing how different they are in mood and in the stories they tell. Blues songs are sad‚ full of heartbreak and disappointment
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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 Reflection of The Story Cathedral Geniel Arnold Introduction to Literature Wanda Deffenbough June 13‚ 2010 This paper is going to be about the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver (1981) (as cited in Clugston‚ 2010‚ section 8.3). This story is about two men teaching each other to see. The story starts out with the narrator‚ who is the husband‚ talking about how a friend of his wife ’s is coming to visit. He then talks about how she met this friend and when. It was about ten years
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Outline example for “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver Thesis statement with plan of development: Through characterization and symbolism‚ Carver suggests seeing people as individuals rather than stereotypes can allow a friendship to develop. Topic sentence #1: Although Bub and Robert don’t get off on the right foot‚ they end up seeing each other in their respective ways. Argument: Bub = resentful/jealous‚ ends up seeing what Robert does. Example(s): “I don’t have any blind friends” (280)‚ “It’s really
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1 – What statement dos the story make about the relationship of art to life or about the relationship of art to suffering? Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin is a short story written in 1957. It is a story about Sonny‚ and his relationship to music‚ his brother‚ the narrator and the society he is living in. This story takes place in Harlem‚ New York‚ which is known to be a major African-Americans residential and cultural place. It is also known for its poverty and place where drugs are frequently
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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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At the end of “Cathedral‚” the narrator has an epiphany. How would you describe it? Check the definition of “epiphany” in our text’s glossary. “Cathedral” I enjoyed reading Carver’s “Cathedral.” The “Cathedral” it was an insight on how fortunate we are to see things. I mean seeing things with our eyes is something we take for granted. We also have a gift that we do not really use and that is looking past seeing with our eyes‚ seeing with our minds‚ and ears. We often look with our eyes‚ but
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Notre Dame Cathedral Why is the Notre Dame Cathedral‚ commenced by Maurice du Sully in 1163 and completed in the Early Gothic style in 12503‚ one of the most recognized cathedrals of its time period in the world? Made mostly of cut stone this remarkable building among its many features that set it apart; including being a tall church for its time‚ the later added rose windows in the north transept‚ and most importantly the flying buttresses‚ which were added quite early in the era. The Notre Dame
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unique characteristics that are simply astonishing. Medieval cathedrals were the product of more than a 1000 years of both religion and architectural evolution. Medieval cathedrals played a major role in Christian heritage‚ the gothic and architecture. The medieval period‚ with its boundless faith and energetic spirit‚ found an ultimate expression in the cathedral Christianity plays a massive role in medieval cathedrals. Building the cathedrals requires hard work and motivation. The builders believed
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