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In seven pages this paper examines how Franklin is able to resolve his inner conflict within the course of the story, making comparisons with the conflict resolution of the narrator in Raymond Carver’s famous short story, “Cathedral.” There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.
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the climax is reached when a character is somehow forced to deal with his conflict. By the conclusion of the story, some type of resolution is reached. In
Judy Troys short story, "Ten Miles West of Venus," first published in a 1994 issue of The New Yorker, 63-year-old Kansas minister Franklin Sanders is struggling with an inner conflict
that is fueled by his guilty conscience. The pastor of the small rural Venus United Methodist Church, Franklin Sanders is deeply involved in the lives of his parishioners.
He knows about their lives, their families, their joys and sadness. Rev. Sanders has likely presided over every important religious occasion in their lives - the happy ones like
christenings and marriage ceremonies and the somber funeral services - and serves as their rock of spiritual support in times of trouble. But few of the members of Franklin
Sanders know much about the man beyond the clergyman collar. There are whispers around town about his unhappy marriage; however, the root cause or the source of their ministers
inner conflict has remained intentionally suppressed. When he notices that Marvelle Lyle has stopped attending church services one Sunday afternoon in May, Rev. Sanders decides to take a
drive to her house to check on her. Mrs. Lyle has been keeping a very low profile since the suicide of her husband, and her grief has transformed her
once ample figure into skin and bone. Franklin undoubtedly believes he can determine the reason for Marvelles unhappiness since that is an emotion with which he is unfortunately all
too familiar. While listening to parishioner Gussie Dells latest ramblings on her radio show, Franklin thought about her negative views on marriage, with which he could not find fault
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