With this respect comes a stronger conscience as well as greater morals. Diving deep into ideas on how to earn the idea of respect really emphasized the solution to the whole problem association with young adults and the increase in problems with them. Metaphors can be a great way to simplify a complicated subject to enable a wider variety of audiences to understand it more thoroughly, which essentially leads to greater enjoyment of the reading. A great example of using a metaphor to allow the reader to understand better is when the author states “It is an island apart, striving to maintain itself in a sea of change.” (pg 391). This is referring to how the household is not connected with the outer world and is therefore isolated from any interactions.
The ribbon used to keep page, once a bright, vibrant red was now faded and worn to a dull purple. He opened the book to the page he had left marked by the faded ribbon and started to read, sitting in the armchair by the orange, glowing light of the fire. As he read the novel, he waited for the ending which always thrilled him no matter how many times he read it. With each page he turned he grew more and more tired and as he turned the last page, he lay the book down on the table, his eyelids closed and he welcomed sleep's sweet
------------------------------------------------- Attachment Styles and Relationships Attachment Styles and Relationships Part I: Write a 350- to 700-word response summarizing the three dimensions of love and how they interrelate to identify a specific type of love relationship. Being able to love is one of the hardest things that I think we all assume comes naturally. I believe in Robert Sternberg’s triangular theory of love based on three dimensions: passion, intimacy, and commitment. I believe it takes all three dimensions to make that specific type of relationship and I believe that when they are not made or taught early on that it is harder for us to realize we need them all to have a successful loving relationship. Being able to love is something you have to have within yourself.
"There were battered magazines and a few dirty books on the special self over his bunk. A pair of large gold-rimmed spectacles hung from a nail on the wall above his bed." (67). The setting in this part of the novel sheds light on the life of Crooks, it shows that he is a man of learning with the magazines and books in his room. "And scattered about the floor were a number of personal possessions; for, being alone, Crooks could leave his things about..." (66).
In the short story Cathedral by Raymond Carver, he tells a story of a blind man teaching a person with sight how blind he really is. The author tells the story through the eyes of an unnamed narrator who talks about his wife and her life as an officer wife. Who works for a blind man and they became good friends so much that she spent ten years sharing her life with him through audio types. The narrator tells us that the wife likes to write poems about important events that happen in her life. The author writes, “On her last day in the office, the blind man asked if he could touch her face.
This book contains a strong sense of morality and the characters are well rounded characters that aren’t easy to understand. The harder they are, the more we can learn about the true nature of life (Kelly 166). Grant Wiggins is a difficult character to understand because he couldn’t decide what he wanted to do. You didn’t find out what he truly felt until the end of the book. He was locked into almost the same situation Jefferson was in.
Before the fun is almost lost, you and your brothers take your findings inside to perhaps keep as a trophy or reminder of the day. In the painting the Westwood Children, 1807, Joshua Johnson has captured a moment of innocence and comradery with his use of muted colors, portrayal of figures, and unified use of space. This wonderful painting of brotherly love apparently takes place inside the boys’ home. The three boys are all dressed in the same green pant suit. Accompanying the children is a black dog which appears to be the children’s best friend.
The climax of the story, closer to the end is when the narrator and Robert share an experience together that is their ultimate bonding as acquaintances. As they watch T.V. together, Robert first asks the narrator to describe what a cathedral looks like to him but when the narrator cannot do so; Robert suggests that he and the narrator should draw a picture of one together. “Blind and sighted people use many of the same devices in sketching their surroundings, suggesting that vision and touch are closely linked” (Kennedy). Portrayed as a powerful moment, Robert and the narrator converse back and forth as he draws the cathedral…”Never though anything like this could happen in your lifetime, did you, bub?
Colin Rousset Professor Hatley English 102-003 22 January 2013 Bub’s Change Throughout the Story In Raymond Carver’s short story, “Cathedral”, the narrator is very content with his life of going to work every day, coming home to his wife, lighting one up, and then going to sleep to do it all over again the next day. He seems as if he is just fine with his mediocre job and life because he does not show any ambition to move up and do better than he already is. Although he is so content with life, he is also very close-minded when it comes to new people and new experiences. We see this when his wife informs him that Robert, her blind friend Seattle, will be coming to spend the night with them. Although he says that he “wasn’t enthusiastic about [Robert’s] visit” (28), his opinion of Robert greatly changes throughout the story.
Robert tells him to put people in the cathedral, representing the narrator’s need to socialize and expose himself to more people. Robert also instructs the narrator to close his eyes and continue to drawing, which symbolized the narrator coming out of “the box” he lives in. Furthermore, the narrator closes the story by explaining how he continued to keep his eyes closed after Robert told him to look at the drawing, he expresses how he knew he was in his house and no longer felt like he was “ inside anything.” As we can see the narrator has escaped his closed-mined and imaginary world. Robert served as a spiritual guide and psychotherapist for the neurotic