Real Sight
Mark Twain states that,“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/blind.html#oQSODky4hjyDgw2I.99) Raymond Carver in his story “Cathedral” explains that blind people can see those things which we can’t see through our naked eyes. In his story, the narrator 's wife invite his friend Robert, who is blind, and narrator feels insecure in his relationship with his wife. At the beginning, he opposes the blind man’s visit because of his wife’s closeness with Robert. The narrator’s wife shares almost everything about her with the blind man. At the time of the arrival of the old man, the narrator didn’t know how to talk to Robert and at the end they start talking like good friends. He was asking silly questions which he couldn’t answer like “how was the view outside of the train” and “on what side of the train did you sit?” When the narrator feels that his wife is more happy with the blind man, he doesn’t want to leave them alone. They had dinner without talking and end up …show more content…
When they were watching TV, the narrator was switching channels without asking Robert. There was only the documentary in the “Cathedral” on the TV. Robert asked question about “Cathedral” to Bub and he was answerless. Then, Bub was helping Robert to make him understand “Cathedral” by drawing it and Robert put his hand on his hand to observe the image in his mind. Now Bub and Robert start talking like friends. Finally, they became friends and felt safe and relaxed. Bub’s thinking for the blind man was abnormal that he would not smoke, drink and usually wears sunglasses but Robert was opposite to this stereotype. In “Cathedral,” Carver uses point of view and plot to investigate the theme of the tragedy in the Bub’s life that blind man can see those things
Mark Twain states that,“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/blind.html#oQSODky4hjyDgw2I.99) Raymond Carver in his story “Cathedral” explains that blind people can see those things which we can’t see through our naked eyes. In his story, the narrator 's wife invite his friend Robert, who is blind, and narrator feels insecure in his relationship with his wife. At the beginning, he opposes the blind man’s visit because of his wife’s closeness with Robert. The narrator’s wife shares almost everything about her with the blind man. At the time of the arrival of the old man, the narrator didn’t know how to talk to Robert and at the end they start talking like good friends. He was asking silly questions which he couldn’t answer like “how was the view outside of the train” and “on what side of the train did you sit?” When the narrator feels that his wife is more happy with the blind man, he doesn’t want to leave them alone. They had dinner without talking and end up …show more content…
When they were watching TV, the narrator was switching channels without asking Robert. There was only the documentary in the “Cathedral” on the TV. Robert asked question about “Cathedral” to Bub and he was answerless. Then, Bub was helping Robert to make him understand “Cathedral” by drawing it and Robert put his hand on his hand to observe the image in his mind. Now Bub and Robert start talking like friends. Finally, they became friends and felt safe and relaxed. Bub’s thinking for the blind man was abnormal that he would not smoke, drink and usually wears sunglasses but Robert was opposite to this stereotype. In “Cathedral,” Carver uses point of view and plot to investigate the theme of the tragedy in the Bub’s life that blind man can see those things