Реферат: Cat In The Hat Essay Research Paper
meant one thing. I was impotent. This fact had me in state of denial for weeks. I loved
Sally but I couldn’t give her the happiness she always longed for. I wished for once that
Sally had not met me. I only wished for her happiness. For her to have a baby and to
populate a boisterous home like she always wanted.
“You look pretty darn nice” I said. Realizing I had been lost in the memory lane
for quite a while now. Sally laid the mirror down on the dresser and walked to the
window.
The story cat in the rain, provides an intriguing look into a couple’s life.
Depending on the type of narration, it is possible to turn around a story and view it
completely differently when you rearrange the style of narration. Originally the story
was told from the 3rd person narrator. But I turned it around and changed it to 1st person
narrator. The story when looked from the “American Husband’s” point of view is quite
different than the original story yet the plot remains the same. It is entirely possible to
have different point of views when you regard a story from a peculiar angle. Since two
people do not think exactly alike, it is possible to reiterate the story from another person’s
thought process while remaining in the same set of circumstances.
2)-CA number of stories we have read in class can be described as initiation stories.
Choose one and write a short essay explaining how it works as an initiation story.
Cathedral is one of the stories discussed that can be regarded as an initiation story.
It’s a 1st person narrative being told from a husband’s perspective of friendship between
his wife and a blind man. The narrator is a na?ve young guy probably in his early
twenties. The fact that he is na?ve is derived from his characterization of the blind man.
He seems to have an uneasy feelings towards the disabled man when he discovers that the
blind man will soon pay a visit to his house after his wife’s invitation. His views toward
blind people were concocted with extreme stereo types. “My idea of blindness came
from movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed … A blind
man in my house was not something I looked forward to (Pp. 184.)” The fact that his
understanding of people is only limited to what he saw in the movies is an evidence of
his ignorance towards understanding and accepting persons with some disability.