Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral” has similar qualities illustrated in Edward Hopper’s famous artwork Room in New York. Both the story and artwork implies conflict between two people, a man and a woman, that creates an attitude of distance between characters. “Cathedral” is narrated by a jealous husband who despises a blind man named Robert. The narrator seems to think that his wife is getting too intimate with this blind man. This essay will prove that Carver’s short story “Cathedral” and Hopper’s Room in New York are parallel in terms of characters, conflict, setting, and tone.
Characters in Carver’s “Cathedral” consist of Robert, the narrator which is the husband of the wife that invited him. The couple is illustrated in Hopper’s artwork Room in New York which depicts that there is dissonance between two people. The time of event in which the story and artwork connect is at the very beginning in which Robert has not been present. The narrator swallows anger as “I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit” (209) while the wife is casually playing piano as a distraction till Robert arrives. The conflict is the most obvious to depict from viewing Room in New York and reading “Cathedral” as both imply that a man …show more content…
The narrator was very unhappy and angered by Robert’s visit and go in to depth with personal thoughts evoking the same emotion of jealousy and uncertainty in the audience. The audience naturally feels connected to the narrator as the story is written very bias and closedminded point of view such that the narrator thought “she was in love with the guy, and he was in love with her (210). The narrator assumptions erupts the sense of worry to arise leading to the underlying emotion of feeling lost. Room in New York highlights that by illustrating the distant relationship with a man and woman, casually not granting one another
Characters in Carver’s “Cathedral” consist of Robert, the narrator which is the husband of the wife that invited him. The couple is illustrated in Hopper’s artwork Room in New York which depicts that there is dissonance between two people. The time of event in which the story and artwork connect is at the very beginning in which Robert has not been present. The narrator swallows anger as “I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit” (209) while the wife is casually playing piano as a distraction till Robert arrives. The conflict is the most obvious to depict from viewing Room in New York and reading “Cathedral” as both imply that a man …show more content…
The narrator was very unhappy and angered by Robert’s visit and go in to depth with personal thoughts evoking the same emotion of jealousy and uncertainty in the audience. The audience naturally feels connected to the narrator as the story is written very bias and closedminded point of view such that the narrator thought “she was in love with the guy, and he was in love with her (210). The narrator assumptions erupts the sense of worry to arise leading to the underlying emotion of feeling lost. Room in New York highlights that by illustrating the distant relationship with a man and woman, casually not granting one another