The Blind Man Character Analysis

Register to read the introduction… For instance, he stereotypes all blind people thinking they "moved slowly and never laughed" (pg. 580). He only know blind men from his "idea" from Hollywood "movies" (pg.580). All through the story, he is judgmental of the blind man, which seems to stem from the time "he touched [his wife's] face" running his fingers over her "nose, lips, and even neck!" (pg 580). Likewise, he is the protagonist in the story, and has an internal conflict with the blind man. The narrator is very possessive of his wife, despite their poor, unhealthy relationship and does not like the blind man having anything to so with her. There is evidence of their troublesome relationships through the narrators thoughts and in some of the dialogue. The wife "didn't like that he was part of the whole military-industrial thing." This may be because she feel she is competing with him because she also was in the "air force" (pg 581). Moreover, when discussing the blind man‘s visit, she asks her husband if he could agree to have the blind man stay, and says, "if u don't love me ok" (pg. 581). In fact, this sarcastic remark indicates that the love they may be fake and fabricated and also demonstrates the manipulative characteristics of his wife. Moreover, she even calls her husband by the blind man's name, "Robert" leaving the narrator hurt, yet he "shrugs" to hide his true feelings (pg. 583). This could represent the wife's secret feelings for the blind man, which she suppresses for her husbands …show more content…
584). Automatically one thinks of the holy act of communion. Within this ritual, Christians symbolically eat and drink the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus‘ words, "take this bread and wine in remembrance of me." is repeated during the ceremony. Coincidently, in the story after eating the bread, and drinking, they pray. This happens in churches and cathedrals all over the world, and low an behold, is the title of this story. Furthermore, the both then smoke some "cannabis" once again, another act that the narrator and the blind man share. Robert claims this was his first time smoking pot, saying "there is a first time for everything." However, because of the way her "inhaled" and "held in the smoke", the narrator believes he has been "doing it since he was nine years old" (pg. 506). This alludes to Robert's childhood, another thing the narrator and him