The “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is a story about the narrator‚ his wife and his wife’s friend Robert‚ who is a blind man that she used to work for as a reader about ten years ago. They were able to keep in touch by mailing tapes to each other. Robert’ wife just died so he was coming for dinner and was going to spend the night at their house after visiting some relatives. The narrator‚ who lack social skills‚ was not so thrilled about entertaining a blind man and was a little jealous about his
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Mechanics experiment 2 : (GROUP 3) Student no or trials Mass m(g) Deviation m-m ave (g) Absolute Deviation m-m ave (g) 1 75.5 0 0 2 75.3 -.02 0.2 3 75.8 .3 .3 4 75.4 -.10 .1 5 75.5 0 0 Sum 377.5 0.6 Average 75.5 0.12 Table 1: Measurement of the old balance Table 2 : Measurement for the new balance Student no or trials Mass m(g) Deviation m-m ave (g) Absolute Deviation m-m ave (g) 1 74.1 -1.14 1.14 2 75.5 .26 .26 3 75.4 .16 .16 4 75.6 .36 .36 5 75.6 .36 .36
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Raymond Carvers Cathedral illustrates the point of view of a self-centered man‚ the narrator‚ who suffers from a mild lack of education and culture while being more than slightly close-minded and rude. These are observations that one can make by considering how he reacts to his wifes blind friend‚ Robert coming over at their house as well as by his perceptions of the blind man. The fact that the main character is also narrating helps as well when trying to capture his nature since we have access
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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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In the short story Cathedral by Raymond Carter‚ the narrator is jealous of a blind man that has been touching his wife’s face. He seems to not understand his needs with his situation and with his background of not liking his job or the way his relationship is with his wife he becomes more insecure. As they begin bonding in some way Robert asks the narrator to explain to him what a cathedral is in order for him to visualize it. However‚ he wants it done through a drawing. With this the narrator begins
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The Blindness of the Non-Blind The short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver displays one man’s new found understanding and acceptance of a blind man over a relatively short period of time. The narrator represents the story’s dominant theme of overcoming fear and prejudice of the blind through personal experience as well as mutual respect. The narrator who remains nameless throughout the play holds deeply unfounded beliefs and stereotypes of what a blind person should be‚ yet through various stages
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the story is easy to understand and catching up. In this essay‚ I will talk about author’s writing style and important symbolisms used in the story. Raymond Carver was a minimalist writer‚ whose stories were wrote in a sparse use of language and paired down prose (Brent‚ 2001). Most readers thought nothing happened in they story‚ but actually Carver had spoke enough for readers to understand the story. At the beginning of the story‚ it said “Mel McGinnis is a cardiologist‚ and sometimes that gives
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Cathedral Analysis Cathedral Analysis In Raymond Carver’s Cathedral there is a lot of symbolism relating to the narrator’s close mindedness. In this world there are people that are physically impaired‚ but this does not limit them in connecting with people emotionally. Some people who are not impaired have a tougher time realizing that they are the ones spiritually blind and unable to connect with people. The narrator is a man who is a person who is spiritually blind and does
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