Throughout this story, the narrator is portrayed as an arrogant, self-obsessed man who is really only willing to see the world through his own judgmental, warped point of view. This type of person being a common character in many of Carvers writings, as pointed out by Carol Stern in her paper, “Cathedral: Overview” (Stern). Readers can see this in his behavior and the way he speaks depicted in the very opening paragraph of the story. The narrator describes his thoughts on this visitor coming to stay by saying, “I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me” (Carver 33). He is very honest in his feelings towards the man’s disabilities. Never taking the time to even bother considering the man’s capabilities
