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Raymond Carver and His Stories

in this sort of limbo (Carver). He seems to be dealing with it, but he knows how hard it is on the children, who are crying themse...

Three Stories and the Damage of Social Stereotypes and Prejudice

is duly noted is with the different names that people of all ethnic origins - including African-Americans themselves - use to iden...

Cathedral by Raymond Carver

more poignant due to their downtrodden setting. The approach of the characters is generally reacted to events which are around th...

Prejudice against the Disabled

hallmark of cinematic portrayals of blindness in the 1960s and 70s, dramatized the fears of the able-bodied concerning disability,...

Kate Chopin and Raymond Carver on Love

quietly, knowing something is coming her way, some feeling, some understanding, some epiphany. Then, it comes. It tells her she is...

Raymond Carver and Relationships

that what they hoped for at collage. However, the betrayal by Duane despite the beauty of Holly. Carver starts to indicted the way...

Life and Writings of Raymond Carver

making a comeback"(Carver 2003). This was the turning point for Carver. Many of his works are shaped by a sense of...

Short Fiction Characterization

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

Carver and Capote - Driven Writers

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the works of Raymond Carver and Truman Capote. The writer considers why it is that author...

'A Small Good Thing' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this report examines how existential reality and daily life's transitory nature are depicted in the 1983 short story...

Bluest Eye, Sonny Blues and Cathedra

is beautiful, acceptable, and normal while black physical characteristics, i.e., broad lips, kinky hair, flat nose and dark skin, ...

Raymond Carver/"Little Things" and "Mine"

word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...

Omar Salinas, Raymond Carver, and Issues of Fathers and Sons

unique voice for their character, who is at once symbolic of the old Latin America and also indicative of what the new emerging co...

J.D. Salinger, Raymond Carver, and Ernest Hemingway

write about" (Anonymous Brainstorm Page IV-A, 2002; iv-a.htm). Also as mentioned, his stories were not always, if ever, truly h...

Blindness in 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver

asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...

Langston Hughes & Raymond Carver

sore" (line 4)? The structure of the poem asks a series of questions that, in themselves, suggest the answers, which are all found...

Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants,' Raymond Carver's 'Are These Actual Miles?' and Marriage

He figures thousands on luxury items alone" (Carver NA). From these lines we note that the couple is likely very superficial an...

Errand Into the Wilderness by Samuel Danforth

In five pages this sermon of the 17th century is examined in terms of its complexity of function as both an allegory and Jeremiad....

Achieving Order in Life Through Language in 'After the Denim; and 'The Bath' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this paper discusses these two short stories in terms of how language is employed by the characters to achieve order...

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and Eddie Mars' Obituary

In five pages this paper presents a sample obituary for the Eddie Mars character in The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. There are ...

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and Uses of Figurative Language

In six pages this paper discusses how theme, plot, and characterizations are developed through the use of figurative language in R...

Raymond Williams and Marshall McLuhan on the Uniqueness of Television

In seven pages this paper examines television's media uniqueness based upon the theories of Raymond Williams and Marshall McLuhan,...

Leisure and Work in 1900 to 1920 Urban US

This paper discusses early 20th century leisure and work as conceptualized in urban America in a consideration of Kathy Peiss' 'Le...

Relationship Between Personality Characteristics and Body Types According to William Sheldon

In five pages this report considers 'trait theorist' Dr. William Sheldon's views regarding the relationship between body types and...

Raymond Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire

In eight pages this questionnaire is examined in terms of the test, its uses, completion time, and assessment implications for the...

Raymond Callahan's Education and the Cult of Efficiency

out the united states, from kindergarten through the university level had not been fully established before the turn of the centur...

Contemporary Detective Fiction and Homosexuality

This paper consists of three pages and examines how homosexuality is subtlely presented in 'The Bootlegger's Daughter' by Margaret...

'Reality' of Near Death Experiences

In nine pages this research paper examines the phenomenon described by Raymond Moody in Life After Life as 'near death experiences...

Architect Raymond Hood's Works

In five pages the New York City Skyline, Rockefeller Center, and the American Radiator Building are among the buildings which show...

Biography of George Washington Carver

In eight pages this research paper provides a biographical sketch of African American scientist George Washington Carver. Eight s...