We are introduced from the beginning of Raymond Carver’s Cathedral to a man that seems to be perturbed and agitated. The husband “ wasn’t enthusiastic about [Robert] visit, he was no one [he] knew. And his being blind bothered [him].” (20) He is uninterested in the relationship that Robert has with his wife. (21) The only reason he knows any thing about Robert is because she told him, he didn’t ask and didn’t care to know. We see how selfish and self centered the narrator is as he has thoughts of, “this blind man” “coming to sleep in [his] house” and telling his wife “maybe [he] could take him bowling” (22).
Lois is Peter's wife, a stay at home mom with no patience for her family's crazy ways. Meg, The oldest of the children, is a social outcast and oftentimes the punch line of her family’s jokes. 13-year-old Chris is a socially awkward teen who is clueless about girls. Stewie is an evil mastermind. His goal in several of the episodes was to kill his mother.
When Marie, the housekeeper that David loves, gets sick, his parents ask his dad`s brother, Dr. Hayden, to tend to her. Marie shouts, “Mrs.! Mrs.!” and “No! Mrs.!” (28:6) and his parents learn that David`s Uncle Frank have been molesting and raping Indian women all of his life. Although Marie has a serious cold, she also uses her weak voice to protest being checked by Uncle Hayden alone.
He was beaten by his father daily due to his mother’s death, when giving birth to him. It was unusual for the townsfolk not to see him covered in dark purple bruises. His older brother was healthy and good to look upon; the town’s leaders expected the older brother to become a great warrior, which saw praise from the town and the boy’s father. This caused the boy to burn with jealousy
This disgrace carries on throughout the story as Franklin is embarrassed and uncomfortable working at a fast food restaurant because of his high qualifications. He is confronted by a man in the bathroom whom the author assumes thinks that he got his girlfriend pregnant and never graduated high school. It is clear that Franklin is very self-conscious as he states, “I want to tell him that I'm in the top 5 percent of students at my college, that I am two semesters away from graduating, and that I'm on my way to grad school to get a Ph.D. in English literature” (25). Franklin hated the feeling of people looking down on him and pitying him because of his job. He could not see the
Candy the crippled ranch hand, suffers from an extreme lack of interaction with other people. After losing his long-time companion, his elderly dog, and because of his age, Candy succumbs to the trap of seclusion because he cannot sufficiently mix with the other men while they buck barley in the fields, limiting his level of interaction with them. He states shortly before Carlson shoots his dog “No, I couldn’t do that. I had him too long.” Candy is also quick to approach a new source of friendship to compensate losing his dog, and this becomes evident when he quotes “S’pose I come with you guys...I ain’t much good but I can hoe the
Schneider 1 Natalie K. Schneider Mrs. B English 1 H, P2 2013,1,22 Just another casualty Mercy killing is a very taboo, controversial subject. In the novel of mice and men by john Steinbeck George and Lennie are each other’s only family so they always travel together. George is a small but smart man where Lennie is a big stupid man. They both go to work at a new farm after an incident in their old town caused them to go find work in a new town. Lennie has always caused them trouble but this time it’s serious, he killed the bosses son, Curley’s, wife and Curly is out for blood.
He works at a grocery store, whose business is threatened by the newly opened supermarket. Gilberts’ mother, who was once the town sweetheart, has not stopped eating since her husband hanged himself in the basement, and the floor beneath her TV chair is threatening to cave in. His elder sister Amy still mourns the death of Elvis and the fact that her boyfriend dumped her. Ellen, the younger sister who is hooked on makeup and boys, quarrels relentlessly with him. The biggest event on the horizon for all the Grapes
Next in the story “Jared” is about a boy who has his face burned and separates himself from the rest of the world. Then in the story “Goin' Fishing,” Lionel lost his family and all that he has left in his heart is rage. Wally is the main character in “White Chocolate,” by Robin Brancato and his parents are going through a rough divorce. His dad had left to Alaska and hasn’t written a single letter back to Wally. He of course is hurt by this and feels abandoned by his father’s
One day while eating, the family spots a scarlet ibis on a tree but later it dies because of the environmental change. Later on, the older brother pushed Doodle so hard, slowly weakening Doodle and when the storm comes, as they’re running the older brother decides to ditch Doodle. Leaving Doodle behind, the older brother goes back to find Doodle who has not come back yet and the older brother sees that Doodle is bleeding from his mouth and neck causing Doodle’s death. Many people question if it is the older brother’s fault, and it is his fault because of his lack of responsibility, pushing Doodle to his limits, and how the older brother just left him in the storm. Since the brother is older than Doodle, the older brother is responsible for Doodle’s action and risks because the doctor has given a list of what not to do.