Anayeli Maximino Discussion 7

“Another Evening at the Club” by Alifa Rifaat and “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver have different writing styles but are similar in a certain way. In “Another Evening at the Club,” the story is written in the third person. The author doesn’t focus on the emotions the young woman is going through when she loses the jewelry. The readers are allowed to observe the behavior of the characters. While “Cathedral” is written in first person, from the husband’s point of view. The author expresses the emotions of the husband, thoughts, and character development. A similarity between the two is that they are both minimalists. The authors go straight to the point which makes the reader understand what’s happening to the story. The characters at the end of the story are left in realization about what is happening to them. For instance, the young girl from “Another Evening at the Club” realizes that she has no power to fight against her husband once he kisses her on the cheek. She expressed it as a slap on the face. Like “Cathedral,” the husband doesn’t open his eyes when he is told to do so. He kept them closed for a while knowing that he was at home, but he didn’t feel like he was inside anything. The authors both decided to end the story this way to make the characters have a realization.