lets his heart take over his actions and not think with his mind. The story starts with describing the setting.The neighborhood where he lives is very unexciting and emotionless. “North Richmond Street‚ being blind‚ was a quiet street An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end‚ detached from its neighbours in a square ground" (155). The house where he stays once belonged to a priest who had passed away inside of the house. He finds many books that had belonged to the man and he
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narrator make comments about Robert. The wife and the blind man have grown a strong bond over the years. The narrator dislike Robert because he is blind. He feel like blind people are sad and depressing. He feel this way because of a television show he once watched. The narrator doesn’t necessarily trust the man and his wife’s friendship. Since she was a younger girl‚ she imagined marrying the narrator. However‚ she never mentioned to the blind mind that he was her husband. He felt some type of way
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ultimately change their life. The narrator has certain perceptions about the blind people and what happens at the Cathedral and other commonplaces. Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” is a story told by a narrator who has limited awareness of himself and those around him. He wonders how a blind man can have such understanding than other people. He has misgiving about the visit to the Cathedral simply because of lack of experience with the blind people (Paragraphs 5‚ and 9). The narrator’s perceptions are unveiled
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friendship relationship with Robert‚ a blind man. I can relate this story to two different plays. One play is the narrator’s wife relationship with a blind man. The second play is the relationship of the narrator and the blind man. At first the narrator didn’t fully accept Robert relationship with his wife. The narrator changed his views about Robert at a later stage‚ when Robert visited them. Raymond Carver in his story described the narrator conflict with the blind man. The narrator views changed
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Can a blind person see better than a person with sight? In the short story‚ “Cathedral”‚ by Raymond Carver‚ its inferred that blind people truly can visualize the world‚ not physically‚ but in a more remarkable way than others. To help develop this theme of blind people being able to see‚ and those who can see are blind‚ Raymond Carver uses different rhetorical devices such as simple diction and irony. The narrator of the story lacks deep thought on different subjects; however‚ as for the blind man
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acceptance of a blind man. The narrator represents the story’s dominant theme of overcoming prejudice of the blind through personal experience as well as mutual respect. The narrator‚ who remains nameless‚ holds deeply unfounded beliefs and stereotypes of what a blind person should be‚ yet over a relatively short period of time he develops a bond with the blind man‚ whom at first he privately mocked. The narrator’s preconceived notions about blind people are proved false when he meets the blind man (Robert)
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handicap. The narrator may be more capable of sight than the blind man‚ but he knows nothing of the descriptive illustration of life. It is through the blind mans probing of the narrator‚ that he finally discovers how closed off and shielded he has been. We can see a revelation in the narrator‚ and a transformation in his mindset. In the opening of this story‚ the narrator is closed-minded to the idea of a blind man entering his home. “A blind man in my house is not something I looked forward to” (1)
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“And you’d better search for your Mr.right now‚ or you will be her in the near future‚ which added to my astonishment and worry. Therefore‚ a professional boyfriend‚ although fake‚ will be the best justification to stay away from those numerous blind dates and‚ actually more importantly‚ be a relief to my dear parents. Secondly‚ being a part-time girlfriend can grant me free trips to many places that I
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The Blind leading the Blind In Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” a blind man (Robert) opens the eyes of the narrator that is blinded by ignorance. In the beginning of the story the narrator points out numerous faults of the other characters. This would lead the reader to believe that the narrator has it all together. It is soon discovered that behind the narrator’s ignorant accusations there is a plethora of blindness‚ ignorance‚ and jealousy. Robert is really the most capable person in this story even
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Introduction The Johari Window model a simple and useful tool for understanding and training self awareness‚ personal development‚ improving communications‚ interpersonal relationships etc The model Also referred to as a ’disclosure/feedback model of self awareness ’‚ and an ’Information processing tool ’ represents information - feelings‚ experience‚ views‚ attitudes‚ skills‚ intentions‚ motivation‚ etc - within or about a client- in relation to their live with others‚ from four perspectives
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