Cathedral | Techniques
Technique for Carver is largely a matter of craftsmanship, of attending to a story's details of language, action, rhythm and characterization. His best stories transcend conventional symbolism while employing it. In "The Bridle," for example, a bridle represents the simple former way of life that a farmer and his family have lost. The bridle is also associated, however, with his gamble on a race horse he bought, a horse, that like its owner, never wins. The predicament of the characters allows the bridle's symbolic significance to resonate even further, suggesting that the farmer is held...
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