...story, the husband and the wife. The third character is a middle-aged blind man named Robert. He is an old friend and previous employer of the wife. It has been ten years since they had seen each other in person, but they kept in consistent contact by sending each other recorded messages on tapes. When Robert’s wife Beulah passes his old employee, the young wife, more than happily opens her home to him. “Cathedral” takes place in the household of the husband and wife. The wife’s old friend comes to visit and he stays the night after a lot of traveling for his wife’s funeral. The husband is uneasy about Robert staying in their home, not because he is a stranger to him but mainly because he is blind. He arrives just before dinner. They have a few drinks, eat, and return again to the living room to continue drinking. Robert and the wife talk for a while about events that have occurred in the past ten years they have been apart. The husband intentionally being rude turns on the television. This story seems to be set in the mid 1940’s or 1950’s. This is evident because the husband asks Robert if he has one. “My dear, I have two TVs. I have a color set and a black-and-white thing,” says Robert, and he can somehow tell that the television they are watching is a color set. The majority of “Cathedral” occurs in the living room. Hours pass and the wife falls asleep on the couch after coming back downstairs from making their guest’s bed. Robert and the husband watch a late...
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...Pete Moran Professor Wright Unit #4 Essay ENWR 106-11 August 8, 2013 Even the Blind Can One Day See In the short story “Cathedral” the speaking voice comes from the character known as the husband. The husband appears to narrate the story with the intent of telling it like it is. He makes his opinions, usually negative, very well known to the reader, which I believe makes him appear that much more human to the audience. I chose this story for my final paper because I was able to develop a connection with the husband, or perhaps it was just a feeling of empathy. I could relate to his situation; just like him, at times I find myself feeling lost, troubled, and blind to all the positive things in my life. The husband in Raymond Carver’s short story, “Cathedral,” provides an honest depiction of the young to middle-aged adult struggling to understand his or her place in society. However, it also sheds optimism on the subject by reminding us that we are all capable of change. In this paper, I plan to prove that Raymond Carver provides an extremely honest depiction of the character known as the husband, to address to the audience that even the most flawed are capable of lasting change. The husband stays up every night drinking and smoking marijuana numbing the pain of the life he has made for himself and just feels trapped. To quote the husband, “Every night I smoked dope and stayed up as long as I could before I fell asleep” (Carver 34). I think the husband in this story uses...
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...ashtray in the toilet, and the disgust that she first feels towards this woman and her job. The speaker does however, express that she moves past the judgment that she first feels towards the woman in the stall. She imagines parts of nature and wishes to put the woman in a beautiful place in life. In this poem, the poet uses imagery, connotation, metaphor and symbolism to describe what she is really seeing compared to what she is imagining and would like to see. Significantly, the speaker begins the poem by saying, “A darkness was ripped from my eyes” (line 2). The darkness that she is speaking of is the judgment that she places upon this woman in the stall. She first has a closed mind, a disturbed perception if you will, towards the cleaning lady. To say that it “was ripped from my eyes” (line 2) implies that she did attain a better perception of her. The speaker knew that she should not be so judgmental towards this woman and the job she is performing. It is obvious that she understands she should not feel this way when in the second stanza she states, “Disgust argued in my stomach” (line 6). For that feeling to argue, it exhibits her capability to understand. Bewilderment and dismay overcame the speaker. She feels disgusted by what most people consider such a degrading job, yet so displeased with herself for exhibiting such typical judgment. She displays very conflicting feelings. In the fourth stanza she says, “She smiled and I smiled. What kind of nonsense is this” (line...
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...Introduction What is culture you say? Well this means the collection of values, beliefs, language and many more. However cultural variations means communicating is influenced by having verbal and non verbal communication meaning different things in different cultures. This affects communication because verbal and non verbal communication depends on the culture and their differences in language an words. Service users from different Cultures find it hard to understand non verbal communication as certain gestures, words, expressions, eye contact can get transmitted wrong in their language and they will think that we are insulting them. Therefore we wouldn't understand what was happening. I personally think that before anyone travels or speak to another culture or person who speaks English well as their own language it's always best to have an interpreter to make sure they understand the communication they were receiving, however they won’t have an interpreter all the time. Speech [pic] Speech is a very important part communicating. In the British culture we use speech to communicate as it shows interest with open and closed questions. By using open questions with a client you are allowing them to give answers in details and to clarify responses. Closed questions are easier for clients who have dementia, strokes, speech impairment etc., these are easier for them to answer so their brain doesn’t think about the question much. http://environment.uwaterloo.ca/ . Expressing your ideas and...
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...In our world today, ignorance is a fluent trait in our population. People live through their lives in an ignorant bliss because they do not take time to look into reasoning beyond a normal perspective. Ignorance doesn’t necessarily refer to one’s knowledge in an academic sense but more so is one’s understanding of our surroundings and the world. It cannot be seen with a blind eye, but when looked at on a large scale, our population’s ignorance from our entertainment, inaccurate beliefs, and media will be the downfall of our misunderstood world. Ignorance often defines and influences our morals and social dramatic instances. We let our ego control our actions by only doing things if will be amusing or influential to our piers. This kind of thinking causes us to avoid seeing as things as they really are, instead we just agree with the majority’s view. The reason we think in this sense is because of our fear of the unknown. It is a fear that is not necessarily scary and normally we don’t even realize its existence, but when our ignorance begins to fade, we see how corrupt and self-centered our world is becoming. Ignorance mainly grows from our media that often solely influences our minds. For example, what we consider entertainment is drama, comedy, and reality shows on television. The drama people see usually effects how they think and how they look at others, though most people never take time to realize that all television drama is staged and made out to be...
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...that is, until I reviewed my conflict style through multiple sets of eyes. I understand that every conflict style has its pros and cons, and therefore I should not cringe when I see that my husband believes me to be in the Control-Competition category; however, I cannot stop myself from thinking that the words control and competition are appalling and negative. It is especially hard to digest, seeing as how I had myself primarily in the Solution-Orientation category and thought that I fit the Control-Competition category least of all. I tend to adjust my conflict style according to whom I am dealing with and where the dispute takes place. When dealing with my husband, my preference is to wait and give myself time to think things through. I would rather handle all disputes behind closed doors; that way, if I have things to say to that may cause either party embarrassment or discomfort, it occurs privately, and I can avoid adding extra emotional fuel to the fire. I do not like to be corrected in front of my peers and feel that the emotions my anger and embarrassment create are hard to keep out of the conflict and often get in the way of solving the true issues. Taking time to think things through also allows me to focus on exactly what it is that I am upset about and prepare to have a civil conversation. I have a hard time telling other people my actual thoughts and why I think a certain way. When I do not have time to prepare I am easily flustered in an argument...
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...This morning they took off my monitor. In school, I beat up Stilson. This afternoon we played buggers and astronauts. Last night, he told me that he was sorry. Last night, Peter told me that he loved me. When they took off my monitor, all I remember was a really bad pain at the back of my neck and not being able to comprehend what the nurses were saying. I also remember the gray ceiling, the pattern of white and black tiles on the floor, and the glass door, because that’s what I had to stare at for an hour after the nurses took off my monitor. I remember that, only a few hours ago, I had wondered what it would feel like without my monitor. I wondered about the absence of the feeling I get when I roll over onto my back at night time, and I...
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...roommate had arrived home last night; at 7 am, I banged on the walls and said “get up, get up, you have two hours and we are out the door, pack to be gone for four days”. Seven hours later we were sitting on a 17th floor balcony of our condo, overlooking the beach, the place that was to be our home for the next four days. Sometime following, unpacking, a walk on the beach, dinner, some shopping and making plans for the next four days we finally found our way to bed and some much needed rest. My pillow, I carry with me everywhere, felt inviting and familiar as my head laid to rest upon it. The soothing smell of jasmine told me, it was time to rest. The distance sound of the song “I Love Rock N Roll” caused me to stir from my slumber, but not enough to wake me. Then, there it was again piercing through the fog of my sleep “Just take those old records off the self” somewhere through my sleepy fog I realized it was my phone, my baby brother’s signature ringtone. I fumbled to find the little green button that I needed to push to answer, and I noticed the clock was glowing 4:32 am. That is when my stomach dropped, and I knew something was wrong, with trembling hands I pushed the little green button, and in that one split second my life was changed forever. Expecting to hear my brother’s voice on the other end all I heard was sobbing, the kind that sounds like a person cannot catch their breath. The voice was brother’s wife of seven months, Cindy. With a quiver in my own voice I asked...
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...THE LITTLE PRINCE In the eyes of a child, there is joy, there is laughter. But as time ages us, as soon as we flowered and became grown-ups the child inside us all fades that we forget that once, we were a child. The story begins about drawings of closed and open boa constrictors. Later, the author relates a story about the Turkish astronomer who discovers the little prince's home, Asteroid B-612. When he presents his findings to the International Congress of Astronomy, dressed in his comical Turkish outfit, he is not believed. Man has not learned to look beneath the exterior, or rather, he has forgotten how. Because adults never look within, they will never know themselves or others. A fox is one cunning animal. And in the story, it is proven to be right. From the fox's lesson that one can see only what is essential by looking with the heart, the author leaves the desert as a changed person. He agrees with the little prince's thought: 'the stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen';. The rose is very fragile and needs constant care. Love is not a matter of choice; it is a matter of consequence; indeed, it is a matter of survival. Men must learn to love one another or expire. Love is what gives life meaning. The little prince's love for his rose is so important to him that his love gives the author's life purpose and direction. The fox teaches the little prince how to love. It is the time that one 'wastes'; on someone or something that makes it important...
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...God, ethics, and spiritual knowledge - because they play a vital role in all my thoughts, experiences, and life decisions. Putting God first in my life is at times quite difficult. For a Christian, it may be the most difficult thing to do. As an indication of faith it’s probably designed to be difficult. God has immense knowledge to communicate to each one of us, but He must always be put first in our lives if we are to obtain the knowledge. Since I’ve learned to view my life from God's endless perception it has become easier to comprehend what will last eternally and what will be demolished. My faith in a loving and forgiving God plays an imperative part in my day to day life. Throughout my life, being a Christian and living out my faith has been difficult and demanding. The people of this world do not always respect the ones who take a stand and do the right thing. The normal thing to do is to portray the ways of the world. The world encourages you to do what feels right and look out for one’s own self. In law enforcement there are always times when I will have to choose between my code of ethics and the police subculture ways of conducting ethical dilemmas or other given situations. The benefit of being a Christian police officer is that even when I don’t have a partner, the Holy Spirit never leaves my side. Everyday ethical dilemmas can test any individual in every way imaginable. If a Christian officer goes to God in prayer through a certain predicament, they will have...
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...Paris and The Art of Drowning. Billy Collins has said that he likes to be alone with his reader, creating a very personal and intimate link between ourselves and the poet. Reading is a singular act and Collins makes full advantage of this. Not only does he seduce the reader by his profoundly simple yet enchanting verse, he shares his love of music as well, almost gifting us with a mixed tape ranging from classical to jazz to the blues to a track on the radio. In this poem, The Many Faces of Jazz, Collins reflects on our complicated relationship with this genre of music which he clearly loves “and, most essential, the whole/head furiously,/ yet almost imperceptibly nodding/ in total and absolute agreement.” The poem takes you into a smoky, hazy jazz bar perhaps by invitation where we watch an audience. Jazz can be a musical estrangement of sorts. It jars. Tempos can be jagged and ragged. It refuses to soar with Beethovian swells, climaxing gloriously and unforgivingly. We feel we should ‘understand’ it but don’t. One almost feels uneducated. Perhaps it is this which makes us feel uncomfortable or the liberty which improvisation offers. Why can’t a tune be a tune, for godsakes, you might ask? There’s almost too much freedom and interpretation to it. It’s persistent in its clashing and gnashing of teeth. It titillates and teases but fails, for some, in allowing a comfort zone, a final ‘aha’ moment, with which Bach is littered or...
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...Michelle Jones Dr. Vaughn Composition 1 22 February2016 Raising Kittens Once far, far, far away just outside of Richwoods, Missouri, on our farm, I found and raised two tiny gray kittens. These two kittens were literally on our doorstep, as if the mother knew that we would take them in. They were lost and alone with no mother cat to care for them. No matter how loud they called, their mother just didn't come to their very loud calls. With their eyes still closed and not able to care for themselves we took them in. My family and I named these kittens Jewel and Princess. Taking care of kittens isn't really that different from raising children, it takes a lot of hard work to keep newborn kittens alive by feeding them often, cleaning them frequently, and giving them a warm place to sleep. These kittens were so hungry and I knew Jewel and Princess needed more than just plain cow’s milk to fill their empty stomachs, so I went online and found out how to make kitten formula. Then I did some research about how much they needed to eat, which I needed to know their approximate age in order to know how much and how often to feed them. The information told me a way to tell their approximate age by how big they are and if their eyes are open or closed. Jewel and Princess had fluffy gray fur that was really soft, their eyes were still closed and were the size of a female human palm. With this description, I figured they were about 1-2 weeks old. Jewel and Princess would need to be fed on...
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...pop album as Katy Hudson. "It reached literally maybe 100 people," the singer tells Entertainment Weekly, "and then the label went bankrupt." Columbia Records signed her on in 2004 however the label was not amenable with her vision and dropped her before the completion of her album. Perry's commercial breakthrough came in 2008 when she released her first mainstream studio album “One of the Boys.” This was preceded by the release of her first single "I Kissed a Girl". Several successful singles followed thereafter. “Fireworks” was released on October 16, 2010 by Capitol Records as the third single from the album “Teenage Dreams”. This song was considered by Perry as the most important song for her on the album. The song is a self-empowerment anthem with inspirational lyrics regarding participation, public speaking, awareness and exercise of rights, and many more factors that promote individuality. To say this in another way, this song is about the breaking of personal limitation that seem to hold people back. A plastic bag being blown through the wind is aimless and has no control of where it’s going. Katy Perry paints the same picture in her lyrics when she writes that “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again?” The plastic bag in her song is an allusion to the American Beauty movie and a simile because she compares a person to a plastic bag. Plastic bags blown through the wind have no direction. This is so true to some people with...
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...Worship, Courage, and Fear “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 “Sing with your head up, with your eyes closed; not because you love the song, but because you love to sing.” – Aaron Marsh. It is so very easy to be swept away by sound, smell, sight, and taste. It is so very convenient to let the music worship for us, and it is so common to only worship when we feel swept away. It takes much more courage to maintain a spirit of worship, regardless of what we hear, smell, see, or taste. We maintain this spirit of worship when we don’t like the music that’s being played, and we worship God anyway. We maintain this spirit of worship in the monotonous, gray periods of life, when nothing seems to sweep us away. We maintain this spirit of worship in the bitter cold, in the pools of blood, and in the wells of despair that inevitably come alongside the extraordinary joys and miracles of love. Along with the courage of discipline, is the courage to overcome fear in worship. The fear that we’re not worthy to approach God, and the fear that he won’t accept us if we do… the fear that God only lovingly sweeps us away now and then, and that he isn’t present in the terrible or the terribly mundane… and the fear that God is the one who causes or allows unspeakable pain to occur in our lives. There’s also the fear of public worship, which is actually the fear of other people...
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...Technology Improvements in Surveillance: Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and Its Effects on Society Oftentimes when people talk about surveillance we naturally think of cameras on the corner of a street or the camera installed by the entrance of a bank. Surveillance is much more in-depth and diverse than that. Surveillance is the act of monitoring the activity of a person or a group of people in a given location for the purpose of gathering information that can be used for the purpose of directing, influencing, managing, or protecting them. Surveillance can be used by individuals, companies, or government agencies as a form of deterrent to crime and evidence for convicting criminals or solving a civil case. There are different forms of surveillance; natural surveillance which involves the placement of physical features, activities and people in a way that maximizes visibility. If a criminal is aware that he or she is at a risk of being watched or observed, a potential crime is less likely to occur. For the purpose of crime deterrent and safety, the traditional form of surveillance, the Patrols, has rapidly been replaced by technology like the closed circuit televisions (CCTV). Patrols cannot be everywhere and also not cost effective; therefore, technological methods of surveillance have quickly been used to supplement patrols because of its cost efficiency and effectiveness. What is CCTV? According to the article Video Surveillance of Public Places by Jerry Ratcliffe, CCTV...
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