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Cathedral RJ Questions

Cathedral RJ Questions

Q Reading Journal Instructions ASSIGNMENT: After reading "Catheral," by Raymond Carver, please respond to the questions located at the bottom of this form. Due Date: Please see Weekly Syllabus. Format: Word-processed and double-spaced with each question-response numbered. Include the name of the story at the top of the page under your name. Length: Each written Reading Journal should be 250-350 words, or approximately one page to one-and-a-half pages. NOTE: Please number each reply to the following questions, and respond to each individual question in full sentences. (Do not write one huge paragraph for this whole list of questions, please.) Short story titles are always punctuated by "quotation" marks: "A Rose For Emily," "Cathedral," etc. READING JOURNAL QUESTIONS: 1. Who is the author? 2. What is the name of the reading? (Punctuate short-story titles in quotation marks.) 3. Describe a few of the several underlying social issues raised by the reading. 4. What is the author's angle? What is s/he arguing? 5. Provide 2 quotes to support the author’s argument from #4 (include page numbers or paragraph numbers). 6. Interpret what the quotes are stating. 7. Do you agree with the interpretations from #6? Why or why not? Share your opinion.

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1. The author of the short story “Cathedral” is Raymond Carver. 2. The name of the reading is “Cathedral” which is a short story written by Raymond Carver. 3. Some of the social issues found in William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily” are stereotyping, dichotomy between appearance and reality and human relationships. It is after the consumption of alcohol and talking face to face with blind person that the narrator understood how much his thoughts were different.