In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral,” one is informed that a blind man is coming to visit a friend and her husband. The blind man, Robert, just lost his wife, and Bub, the husband, is not interested in the man’s visit. He continues to share the background story of his wife and the blind man. Bub seems to be jealous of Robert, and the close of a friendship he has with his wife. Robert comes over to have dinner with them, Bub is still skeptical of Robert and questions what a blind man can do to have fun. The story continues on, the three of them conversed, shared Scotch, had dinner, then moved to the sofa where they smoked cannabis and watched television. Bub didn’t want to be out of his comfort zone, he didn’t like having the man there,
