Analysis
Does everyone with eyesight have the ability to see clearly? Or does a blind person have a better understanding of truly seeing? The principal of Cathedral has an important underlining issue: a narrator who obliviously disregards blindness while being ignorant to his own restrictions in sight. Unquestionably, the narrator is able to see with his eyes but subconsciously don’t see the limits he has on himself. This short story overall is about divine existence; that is, a life outside the confines of physical things. Robert even though he is blind, has the sight to see the curiosity of things, the opportunity for advancement and sensitivity for humanity, and the ability to make one truly feel animated and unrestricted even if they have physical limitations, unlike the narrator.
The narrator's main problem is that he is disconnected from his own life. However, this disconnection doesn’t overlook a cohabitating marriage; he has different views then his wife, and voices his opinion about her emotional involvements with a specific glibness. Similarly, he appears disapproving of her interest in writing poetry. The narrator …show more content…
Nevertheless, it’s not surprising that he “don’t have any friends” his wife yelled at him (Carver 36). It can be perceived that, at the beginning of their visitation with Robert, the narrator “made ourselves comfortable” and began to enjoy the company (Carver 38). There is a thought-provoking part during the after dinner conversation the narrator states, "they talked of things that had happened to them—to them!—these past ten years! I waited in vain to hear my name on my wife’s sweet lips" but unfotuntaley he “heard nothing of the sort” (Carver 39). His response dicates he is irritated that they are having a conversation without him even though he was uninterested in answering Roberts
Does everyone with eyesight have the ability to see clearly? Or does a blind person have a better understanding of truly seeing? The principal of Cathedral has an important underlining issue: a narrator who obliviously disregards blindness while being ignorant to his own restrictions in sight. Unquestionably, the narrator is able to see with his eyes but subconsciously don’t see the limits he has on himself. This short story overall is about divine existence; that is, a life outside the confines of physical things. Robert even though he is blind, has the sight to see the curiosity of things, the opportunity for advancement and sensitivity for humanity, and the ability to make one truly feel animated and unrestricted even if they have physical limitations, unlike the narrator.
The narrator's main problem is that he is disconnected from his own life. However, this disconnection doesn’t overlook a cohabitating marriage; he has different views then his wife, and voices his opinion about her emotional involvements with a specific glibness. Similarly, he appears disapproving of her interest in writing poetry. The narrator …show more content…
Nevertheless, it’s not surprising that he “don’t have any friends” his wife yelled at him (Carver 36). It can be perceived that, at the beginning of their visitation with Robert, the narrator “made ourselves comfortable” and began to enjoy the company (Carver 38). There is a thought-provoking part during the after dinner conversation the narrator states, "they talked of things that had happened to them—to them!—these past ten years! I waited in vain to hear my name on my wife’s sweet lips" but unfotuntaley he “heard nothing of the sort” (Carver 39). His response dicates he is irritated that they are having a conversation without him even though he was uninterested in answering Roberts