Authors such as Raymond Carter began to write what they knew, the simple and the logical, by using minimalism. Carver's story Cathedral opens up with a line stating, "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, was on his way to spend the night. ... This is just the first example of Carver's technique in which he chops up his thought process in order to come across as clean and uncomplicated. Carver's stories focus on ordinary lower-class people who aren't particularly smart or particularly successful as described again in Cathedral, "I'd wished she'd come...

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Civic responsibility is a social commitment that is beneficial because it supports the community's well-being by applying personal contributions. It is based on the knowledge that the health of local, national, and global communities are dependent on people's interactions. Simple actions such as hel...

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