I compared Raymond Carver’s simple writing to that of the Brothers Grimm’s “Snow White.” Both stories explore feelings of jealousy and insecurity. For example, in the story “Cathedral,” the narrator shows odd protectiveness toward his wife and jealousy toward her previous boyfriends. He skips over any information on her ex-husband and just makes passing references to him throughout the narrative. “The man she was going to marry…didn’t have money, either. But she was in love with the guy, and he was in love with her, etc.” (Carver). This behavior can be seen throughout the “Snow White” story because Snow White’s beauty and the fact that she was adored by everybody led to the Queen’s jealousy. The events and ordinary people in Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral,” like those in “Snow White,” portray real-life feelings like anger, jealousy, and the desire to harm others. It also teaches us that sometimes we cannot get what we desire.
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Hi Brianna, the theme that you’ve pointed out between the stories “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver and Brothers Grimm’s “Little Snow White” are very interesting. The jealousy and protective nature of the narrator in the story Cathedral and the evil stepmother’s envy to Snow White perfectly exhibit human nature. in my opinion, these kind of trails can be seen in any human being. Like seen in the two stories of Raymond and Brothers Grimm that portal real life feelings like anger and jealousy.
Brianna, the question was about the writing style of Carver compared to another writer’s style, not about the themes.