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    A man becoming prejudice against blind people. A man that has been closed off emotionally makes of a connection with a blind man, it is a breakthrough for him. It is an epiphany making a cathedral with the blind man is the moment when he learns how to trust another person.The Cathedral is a captivating story based on the lives of the narrator, his wife and a blind man. Raymond Carver is the author of this story, and he does an excellent job allowing the reader to delve into the lives of these characters

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    knowledgeable soul, due to an encounter with his wife’s blind friend Robert, to an individual that is enlightened. The cathedral, in this story, is a mere subject brought up at the end of this story which becomes the object of his enlightenment. “Cathedral,” tells a tale of Bub who through a blind man receives an eye-opening experience. The narrator starts off as intolerable, but towards the end of the story, with the assistance of a blind man makes him open-minded. He is clobbered

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    Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” is a short story that unfolds through the perspective of Bub. The story begins by depicting Bub’s narrow mindedness and as the story progresses it becomes clear that his perspective shifts after an encounter with his wife’s blind friend Robert. It is through this encounter that Bub has an epiphany. It is his jealousy towards Robert and intoxication that debunk his preconceived notations and highlight the connection between him and Robert. It is only after his epiphany that

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    known as the husband, is judgmental, jealous, and emotionally disconnected from his wife. Throughout “Cathedral”, he displays feelings of disgust and confusion toward his wife’s relationships with men of her past. As he waits for his wife and the blind man to come into the house he makes an observation: “I saw her get out of the car and shut the door. She was still wearing a smile. Just amazing” (4). Although the character is seemingly confident in the status of his relationship with his wife, his

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    The Blind Society in “Cathedral”     The blind truth, society is built on social norms and those that do not fit, standout. When one is blind, one stands out. It is human nature to judge, we judge everyday, whether we like it or not. Robert was judged on his disability, he stood out. “Cathedral” written by raymond carter, shows how blind society is with Robert as there symbol. Society bends the visions of how we see these people that stand out. Robert is judged, but what happens in the end is how

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    A narrator in “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is a closed-minded man who suffers from prejudice against blind people. He is detached from himself, as well as from people around him. Among all themes demonstrated in this story, the most interesting aspect was relationships. In particular, the author compares the deep connection between two people and martial problems. Carver has made me to consider mane aspects and values that a family consist of. The narrator is insecure about his wife’s relationship

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    narrator’s and his wife’s blindness who are not blind physical but socially and emotionally. In this story, there are various metaphors of blindness. One example of which is a blind person helping the other person (who is not visually impaired) to draw cathedral even though he hasn't seen one. Blindness is not a physical inability of a person; it's beyond than that. In the “Cathedral,” Robert wasn’t the one that was blind however, the narrator was blind. According to the narrator, blindness

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    blindness is not a physical disability, but it can be manner or learn disability. From the start of the story, the author used the narrator to recount a hidden comparison between the blind husband who was physically able to see but can’t recognize many of important details around himself, and Robert who was physically blind but was a talented and has a wide vision for life. from the way he was judging everything, reader can understand that this husband is more than happy to not turn his critical eye

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    In the beginning of the short story, “Cathedral,” it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth it focuses mainly on the narrator and his hostile attitude towards the blind man, Robert. The narrator has a crude way of thinking about how the blind function in their daily life, and how could someone ever truly love anyone else without seeing their face. The narrator is also jealous of Robert due to having his wife’s full attention throughout the story. Names also appear to play an important part in the story

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    The narrator’s attitude in “Cathedral” changes completely throughout the story. He feels, at the beginning of the story, uncomfortable and annoyed with the fact that a blind man would be staying in his home. “I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me… A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to.” The narrator is a very judgemental person and stereotypes Robert into a category he had already created inside of his head. He is not

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