Compare and Contrast - to Room Nineteen Cathedral

In both Doris Lessing’s â€Å"To Room Nineteen† and Raymond Carver’s â€Å"Cathedral†, the protagonists exhibit a kind of selfishness. Although they share this similarity, they present their selfishness in different ways, and ultimately make very different life decisions based upon this. The Rawling family had â€Å"everything right, appropriate, and what everyone would wish for, if they could choose.† The husband and wife, Matthew and Susan, had a picture-perfect marriage, â€Å"†¦people to whom others came for advice.† Despite this, Susan felt a â€Å"certain flatness.† She was endlessly looking forward to the day when their twins would go off to school for the first time, and then all the children would be â€Å"off her hands.† When this day came, however, she†¦show more content†¦Although both protagonists are somewhat similar in their selfishness, the way they chose to handle their situations makes them quite different in the end. Works Cited Carver, Raymond. â€Å"Cathedral.† The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Comp. R.V. Cassill. 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005, Print. Lessing, Doris. â€Å"To Room Nineteen.† The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Comp. R.V. Cassill. 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005,Show MoreRelatedCompare and Contrast of Sunnys Blues and Cathedral 1075 Words   |  5 Pagesï » ¿ Compare and Contrast of â€Å" Cathedral â€Å" and â€Å" Sonny’s Blues â€Å" The two stories that will be examined in this essay are two that may not appear to have a great deal in common, but once we look deeper in to the stories it becomes clear that they are similar but still have their own identities, finding strong differences and similarities is the goal of this paper. These stories are â€Å" Cathedral â€Å" which was written by RaymondRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagestransformations in where humans lived, how they earned their livings, and their unprecedented ability to move about the globe. Moya and McKeown set the patterns of migration in the twentieth century against those extending back millennia, and they compare in imaginative ways the similarities and differences among diverse flows in different geographical areas and across ethnic communities and social strata. They consider not only the nature, volume, and direction of migrant movements motivated primarilyRead MoreExploring Corporate Strategy - Case164366 Words   |  658 Pagesaccounted for 17 per cent of pharmacy sales. Parallel trade is prevalent in Asia and there is a latent problem in the crucial US market due to price differentials with Canada. Canada has stringent and inï ¬â€šexible pricing and reimbursement criteria. In contrast, the USA has no formal price controls and price increases are customary. Over time, this has led to a wide disparity in prices (bestselling cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor was $3.20 per pill in the USA in 2003, compared with just $1.89 in Canada)