Symbolism In The Cathedral

1) What does the cathedral symbolize in the story?

I believe the cathedral symbolizes a few things from forgiveness and acceptance . At the beginning of the story the narrator who is also the husband was very skeptical about having Robert the blind man into his home. His excuse was “ I have no blind friends” to his wife. However, that did not stop his wife from inviting Robert in with open arms regardless of what her husband thought. The narrator at first was keeping his distance, but towards the end of the story he started to open up to Robert, by smoking marijuana and talking. He begin to become friends with Robert which lead to the drawling of the cathedral, so in a way I think the cathedral is both acceptance and forgiveness. Acceptances …show more content…
The narrator never dealt with a blind person before or did he have any blind friends so he thought his wife inviting Robert over was an awful idea. He was not to thrilled at all when he found out that this Stanger who he had no clue about was going to be staying in his house. I also believe that he thought Robert and his wife had a thing many years ago because she read for him, and I think that’s what bothered the narrator too. Even though he doesn’t come right out and say it in the story, we can assume that is the case because it say about Robert touching his wife’s face as he talked to her. The narrator doesn’t like Robert at first and he already had it in his mind before Robert got to his house that he did not like him. However, towards the end of the story when Robert and the narrator were sitting around smoking marijuana watching television I think he knew he was wrong to judge Robert so quickly. They began to socialize and the narrator knew he was wrong to judge Robert so quickly, that Robert was actually a good guy. He then closed his eyes with Robert and drew a cathedral which, is a powerful