Have you ever judge someone because of their appearance, social status, or handicaps? Did find once you learned more about them they are completely different from your initial judgments, and the things you saw as flaws in them have actually helped them in aspects? One major take away from understanding the focus of “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, is that you should never judge somebody or make presumptions about who they are or their lifestyle until you’ve truly understood what it is like to see the world through their eyes; However, the narrator of “Cathedral” learns the meaning of what it is to not see the world through his awkward yet world altering experience he shares with their blind guest Robert. A handicap doesn’t have to label you
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It’s quite a spectacle as the three of them devour their dinner like ravished animals. After they relocate to the living room where Robert and the narrator’s wife talked about what they had been doing the pass ten years. In a bold move the narrator turns on his television while receiving a dirty look from his wife. As she leaves they begin to smoke weed until she returns and joins them. A program about cathedrals during the middle ages comes on eventually. As they watch TV the narrator apologizes for little else being on. Robert replies, “It’s fine with me. Whatever you want to watch is okay. I’m always learning something. Learning never ends. It won’t hurt me to earn something tonight. I got ears.” (87) This shows insight to Roberts’s life and perhaps into the life of most handicap people. Even though he cannot see the television he will listen and gather as much information as he can. He refuses to let his blindness be a hindrance and instead uses his other senses such as hearing. This is something all people should take note of. To take the best of a bad situation. There is always something to learn Robert said. Even if you haven’t been given the hand you wanted to be dealt you must adapt to it and make the most of it including all situations you
It’s quite a spectacle as the three of them devour their dinner like ravished animals. After they relocate to the living room where Robert and the narrator’s wife talked about what they had been doing the pass ten years. In a bold move the narrator turns on his television while receiving a dirty look from his wife. As she leaves they begin to smoke weed until she returns and joins them. A program about cathedrals during the middle ages comes on eventually. As they watch TV the narrator apologizes for little else being on. Robert replies, “It’s fine with me. Whatever you want to watch is okay. I’m always learning something. Learning never ends. It won’t hurt me to earn something tonight. I got ears.” (87) This shows insight to Roberts’s life and perhaps into the life of most handicap people. Even though he cannot see the television he will listen and gather as much information as he can. He refuses to let his blindness be a hindrance and instead uses his other senses such as hearing. This is something all people should take note of. To take the best of a bad situation. There is always something to learn Robert said. Even if you haven’t been given the hand you wanted to be dealt you must adapt to it and make the most of it including all situations you