dissatisfied in their work. In Raymond Carver’s “Vitamins‚” the major theme of this story is about dissatisfaction. Nobody seems to have passion in their life‚ and no one does not actually dream about what else they want to be. The unnamed narrator confesses to his wife Patti about his feeling that "maybe I don’t dream" (Carver 251)‚ and he also tells readers that he "didn’t care" (251) what goes on in his dreams. Even Patti‚ the wife of the unnamed narrator was selling vitamins door to door with frequent
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English 102-BB 24‚ April 2010 Love? Raymond Carver was a short story writer who was born in the Pacific Northwest. He was a textbook editor‚ lecturer and teacher while writing. His stories featured some of his trademarks of‚ alcohol‚ poverty‚ and people in real life situations. Carver was influenced to write about these trademarks through experiences he had lived and influences that were brought upon him‚ like alcoholism and divorce. Raymond Carver and his father were alcoholics and had both
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fellow human beings. The reasons for this lust for power could be many‚ and some of them are mentioned in the short story “Why‚ honey?” The story “Why‚ honey?” is written by Raymond Carver in 1976. It’s a short story written in a letter format‚ which means it has a 1st person narrator. This format makes it possible for Mr. Carver to confuse the reader‚ because the reader is unsure of whom the letter is addressed to. All we know is that the letter is given the view point of a mother writing about her
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Raymond Carver Raymond Carver is an award winning short story writer and poet. Carver’s famous writing career started with publishing a collection of poems. During his career as a writer he also published some famous short stories which helped define Carver as a minimalist writer. A minimalist writer makes “do with less‚ the literary equivalent of functionalist architecture. It offers an art of elimination‚ an effort one can associate with creating boundaries around private pain and avoiding public
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Cathedral: A Lesson for the Ages Raymond Carver ’s short story‚ "Cathedral‚" portrays a story in which many in today ’s society can relate. We are introduced from the first sentence of the story to a man that seems to be perturbed and agitated. As readers‚ we are initially unsure to the reasoning ’s behind the man ’s discomfort. The man‚ who seems to be a direct portrayal of Raymond Carver himself‚ shows his ignorance by stereotyping a blind man by the name of Robert‚ who has come to stay with
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The Elephant notes: One. Reading Questions 1. What kind of metaphorical meaning do we get from the story’s title? An elephant bears heavy burdens‚ it suffers‚ and it never forgets. This speaks perhaps to the narrator’s martyr complex. 2. What is the narrator’s dependence or addiction? He’s dependent on people being dependent on him. He even lets his brother “play” him‚ like “play him for a fool.” 3. What pattern of the narrator’s pathological behavior becomes evident on page 476? He’s giving
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The second play is the relationship of the narrator and the blind man. At first the narrator didn’t fully accept Robert relationship with his wife. The narrator changed his views about Robert at a later stage‚ when Robert visited them. Raymond Carver in his story described the narrator conflict with the blind man. The narrator views changed and transformed at a later stages. In the beginning the narrator feared the blind man‚ he was worried. Towards the end of the story‚ his views changed
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Hello‚ I selected The Bath by Raymond Carver. In the end‚ I find this story intriguing because the inconsistencies seem to be on purpose. “The Bath” is a bizarre story about a car hitting a boy on his birthday. The order of the story starts with his mother buying a birthday cake‚ then a car hits the boy unconscious for the rest of the story. Curiously‚ the name of the story originates from the father going home from the to take a bath‚ and after the mother goes. The story ends with the phone
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Raymond Carver’s fingerprints Every writer has a different way of presenting his/her ideas to readers‚ and that’s what makes each of them so distinctive. A famous late 20th century American short story writer and poet‚ Raymond Carver‚ has often been described by critics as a minimalist. According to an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary a minimalist is a person who uses very simple ideas in their work (“Minimalist”‚ 881). Raymond Carver wrote a lot of great short stories and poems. Most of his
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cover‚" said Edwin Rolfe. That means that you are never able to judge someone or something from their physical appearance alone. Most individuals judge other people before actually knowing their true identity. In the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver‚ it shows how a narrator can judge a male friend name Robert by the way he is seen in the public eye. I will explain why the narrator doesn’t trust his wife around Robert‚ why she spends more time communicating with Robert‚ and why she becomes
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