Tess Gallagher

Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” and Tess Gallagher’s “Rain Flooding your Campfire” are good examples of intertextual dialogue between two writers. These two stories show us how two writers can grow and develop short stories differently from the same experience. There are similarities between the stories, such as the use of a first person narrator, the plot, setting, and also there is an interchange between the narrator and the blind man in both stories. But within these similarities there are also

many times and was going to die. Once he moved to California and found his passion for literature, his whole life seemed to have turned around. He began to feel happier, quit drinking, divorced his first wife and married the love of his life, Tess Gallagher. Carver typically writes stories, but also poems based on his life experiences. In Raymond Carver’s “Late Fragment,” a heavily enforced message is that it is not necessary to dwell on the smaller things in life because in the end it’s all up to

Raymond Carver (1938-1988) was a poet and a simple realist writer of short stories. His prose addresses the average working-class citizen. Bill Mullen describes the book that contains the short story “What We Talk About We Talk About Love” to the “distinctly post-modern fate of contemporary working-class Americans” (Bloom). The writings are depressing and riddled with failures in life. The textbook calls his school of writing “Alcoholic Blue-Collar Minimalist Hyperrealism” (Bayam). This is evident

many times and was told he was going to die. Once he moved to California and found his passion for literature, his whole life slowly turned around. He began to feel happier, quit drinking, divorced his first wife and married the love of his life, Tess Gallagher. Carver typically writes short stories and he was also a confessional poet, which was someone that broke the mold of traditional formed poetry and began to write narrative poems about their life. In Raymond Carver’s “Late Fragment,” an enforced

Part 2 I personally believe that with any story told or movie made that you have to creator’s life to see where the story actually comes from. No matter what we do in life we all as human beings find a way to show what we have been through in our lives. Raymond Carver was no different just he had a really tough road that he traveled and it showed in his stories. According to an interview with William, Stull in “Matters of Life & Death: An Interview with Raymond Carver” Carver also understood

Every story you read has an author behind it now how you interpret that’s up to you, but some authors have a completely different interpretation of their writing. Some authors hide deep meaning behind their writings that can be difficult to catch. Authors will use symbolism to tell a different story. A period of their life could affect the way they write and you can see that as a reader if you pick apart the story. Raymond Carver is a great example on how a period in his life affected his writing

Raymond Clevie Carver was born May 25, 1938 in Clatskanie, Oregon. Carver was raised in the Pacific Northwest by working-class parents. His father, Clevie Raymond Carver, was a sawmill worker, a fisherman, and a heavy drinker. He taught Carver to fish and hunt, and read him Zane Grey novels. Carver’s mother, Ella Beatrice, worked as a waitress and retail clerk. He had one younger brother, James Franklin Carver. At age 19, after graduating from high school, Carver married Maryann Burk. Maryann was

did. And, for this, I was willing to die. It was all I could do to survive.” These words are from the song “Tess-timony” by Ice Nine Kills. The song is based on the book Tess of the D’urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. It tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield’s survival after being raped by her wealthy, newly-found cousin, Alec D’urberville. The story ends in the inevitable murder of Alec by Tess and her execution. This book has brought me much comfort during the nights when I find it hard to breathe out

A quote from George Orwell’s Animal Farm reads, “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.” This commandment that Napoleon commands, replacing all the other seven commandments. Napoleon first dispossessing Snowball, the leader who work hard(53), after that he lead the pigs and the dogs making profits at the expense of downtrodden animals(77). The pigs do not work, but they let other animals work instead(129). And Napoleon also gives the other animals not enough food for

Over the summer I started watching “Shameless”. I immediately fell in love with the shows drama and dysfunctional family. After months of begging, I’ve finally convinced my roommate to start watching. While I’ve seen every episode, I’m watching again and realizing how important the show is. If you haven’t watched “Shameless”, I highly recommend doing so, because the show is not only entertaining, but it’s a wake-up call and a reality check on things happening in your own life. I’ll start you off