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A cathedral is often where people find comfort and complete tranquility when admiring the beautiful architecture‚ staring at the art that is unfolded in front of their eyes gives people a sense of being part of sometime bigger than just themselves. Raymond Carver’s narrator in his short story “Cathedral” experiences a similar situation when he develops a relationship with a disabled man. Society has shaped many people to believe that a person with a difference is undesirable‚ or unable to fit in
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to see the crowd cheering up above. With my face concealed in the shadow‚ nobody seemed to noticed as I took two steps into the skeletal inside. Immediately‚ I could hear the loud pitter-pattering sound of feet echoing within the spiderweb-like cathedral. Glancing around‚ I saw nothing but dust‚ trash‚ and shadowy shapes. I kicked a nearby plastic cup and entered deeper inside. A familiar feeling of being watched slowly cloaked over me. I revolved slowly when all at once‚ a loud bang sounded followed
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In the short story “Cathedral‚” by Raymond Carver‚ the narrator draws a cathedral with his blind guest and transforms from a narrow-minded‚ materialistic‚ and superficial individual to an individual who acknowledges the spiritual aspects of life and the lives of those around him. Before the egoist narrator meets the blind man‚ Bub is so closed-minded‚ jealous‚ and materialistic that he does not want to help someone in need and he does not empathize with the hardships others endure. However‚ after
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Ngan T. Nguyen (Jasmine) Intro to Psychology Professor Joan Ostrove February 16‚ 2014 “Sight Unseen” – the window into the blind’s world I spent the last weekends enjoying the book “Sight Unseen‚” the interesting account of the blindness and sight by Georgina Kleege. The introduction struck me with that clear and strong statement: “Writing this book made me blind” (Kleege 1). Then‚ Kleege explained‚ writing this book helps her reflect not only how little she actually can see but also how sighted
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The narrator of the story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver has never met someone who was blind until Robert came to visit. Robert has been a friend of the narrator ’s wife for the past ten years and is spending the night because he has not seen her for such a long time‚ but this bothers the narrator. He does not regard a blind man as a normal person with whom he can relate with‚ and is extremely uncomfortable with the idea of having to socialize with one for an entire evening. The narrator is stereotypical
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My almost first kiss In the second grade‚ I had my first boyfriend. It all started the first day of school when he complimented my pigtails and my Minnie Mouse overalls. That was the moment I knew he was‚ "the one". His name was William. William and I would have lunch together every single day. He would share his lunchables and bring an extra caprisun for me. During recess‚ he would push me on the swings and we would race into the sunset‚ or at least until recess was over. He called me every night
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At a glance‚ one may conclude that Carver’s “Cathedral” is a simple story‚ but a critical analysis demonstrates that it is the interactions and epiphanies that normal people have that 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
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I fear this essay may come off a bit choppy due to the fact that while reading “The Cathedral” by Raymond Carver I had a lot of different questions and thoughts running through my head. The first thing I noticed was that the narrator never really uses names and that confused me. Making the story difficult to navigate and raising the question‚ why leave character names a mystery until later? What purpose does it serve? We never learn the names of the narrator‚ the wife or the officer‚ most of the
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The Use of Blindness in Oedipus Rex Authors often use blindness both metaphorically and literally to describe their characters. In Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles begins the play with literally blind Thebans suffering from a plague that their metaphorically blind king has brought upon them. Oedipus‚ being the king‚ is trying to help his blind Thebans. In doing this‚ he blindly curses the murderer of the late King Laius for bringing this plague‚ not knowing that the murderer is himself. When
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