Harveen Soni Professor Rosner Eng. 102 Cathedral A persons ability to see is often taken for granted as it is in the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver. Although the title hints that the story is about a cathedral‚ it is really about two men who are blind. one of the men is Robert‚ the blind friend of the narrators wife. The other is the narrator‚ the husband himself; he is psychologically blind. through the husbands words and actions when he is
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Understanding the Darkness “Cathedral” teaches a closed minded man that you don’t have to see things to understand them. The narrator is the man in the story that has this life changing experience that opened him up to a whole new world of understanding. This helps the reader to go inside the main characters mind and see his point of view. The overwhelming theme of this story is the conversion of the narrator from a man who sees the world in a basic way to a man who understands the deeper meaning
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Cathedral There are many themes in the short story “Cathedral‚” some of them include the Cathedral itself and the difference between looking at something and really seeing something. Throughout the short story you see how people have different personalities and see how fast a person can change. The Cathedral and the audiotapes mean much more to both main characters than just an object or a building. In the beginning of the story the narrator is completely disgusted at the thought of a blind
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hemes The Difference between Looking and Seeing In “Cathedral‚” the act of looking is related to physical vision‚ but the act of seeing requires a deeper level of engagement. The narrator shows that he is fully capable of looking. He looks at his house and wife‚ and he looks at Robert when he arrives. The narrator is not blind and immediately assumes that he’s therefore superior to Robert. Robert’s blindness‚ the narrator reasons‚ makes him unable to make a woman happy‚ let alone have any kind
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rebirth of his own personality after he meets Robert. At first‚ the husband seems to lack sensitivity‚ and at times is egotistic. As the story progresses‚ the narrators attitude changes and is redeemed at the end of the story. In Raymond Carver’s "Cathedral"‚ even though Robert is physically blind‚ it is really the narrator who cannot see clearly about relationships; however‚ the husband finds redemption in regards to putting himself into the blinds man’s shoes. Both men’s relationship with the narrator’s
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As you enter the cathedral through the central or royal portal‚ the eye is drawn to an amazingly inspiring ceiling. This is not unusual in a cathedral‚ since majestically tall ceilings are used to point the way to heaven. The chairs have been removed from the aisle that will take us to the apse‚ and we are unable to proceed directly down the aisle‚ as a floor labyrinth draws us to wander the famous labyrinth of the Chartres Cathedral. Upon finishing the circuitous walk‚ we continue to the apse
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