Blind spot

Carver's short story "Cathedral" was not very accepting of his wife contacting the blind man named Robert with the help of tapes. When he came to visit the couple, the narrator, known as "Bub," was shocked to find that the stereotypes of blind men, which he learned by watching movies, were all false. Carver made Bub to be blind, not physically, but to what communication can lead to. At the beginning, Bub was blind to the world, as he rarely made any communication with anyone, including his…

predetermined judgements based solely upon jealousy. Robert, a blind man, causes the narrator to shift from judgemental and ignorant to accepting and aware through getting him to see through his eyes. From the moment the narrator hears of Robert’s impending visit, he begins making ignorant judgements about him. Even the first sentence of the story shows the power the narrator seems to need over him. Without naming him, he introduces Robert as, “this blind man” waiting secondly to state that…

and unexpected way so by the end of the tale, all characters will experience a dramatic change. When Narrator, at the beginning of the story when he learns that Robert is coming to visit, he gets jealous and angry. Even though he isn’t literally blind, he shows a lack of insight and self-awareness, in many ways, that make him blinder than Robert. He can see perfectly fine with his eyes, but he has trouble understanding people’s thoughts and feelings lie underneath the surface. He then…

discuss “Cathedral” by Raymond carver for my first essay and how the blind man, Robert, inspires the narrator, the husband of Robert’s friend, to really see the world despite being blind. "Cathedral" is narrated by a man whose wife has an old friend who is coming to visit from Seattle. The friend is blind and his wife has just passed away. The narrator identifies Robert's blindness as his defining characteristic. Though Robert is blind, he can perceive the world in ways the narrator cannot…

Who am I without him? In the story so “so I ain’t no good girl” the author stated that she isn’t a good girl .The girl is in love with a guy named Raheem. She was waiting for him at the bus stop one day, and Raheem told her to go to school herself, but when she left Raheem had went with that girl that was looking at Raheem last time .Flake uses the story “So I Ain’t No Good Girl” to reveal how the main character in the story feels about her man (Raheem). Flake starts…

two important characters which are the narrator who is a man and Robert, an old friend of the narrator's wife. The narrator is known to be a jealous person. The story expresses this feature of him by the way he tells the readers about the time the blind man was touching his wife's face and he disliked how close Robert and his wife were. Other than that, we can clearly assume that he is racist as he judges the name of Robert's dead wife. This is stated when the narrator says, "Beulah! That's a…

Cathedral by Raymond Carver is a short story that tells a narrative about a woman, her husband, and a blind man that is well acquainted with the wife. Throughout this story, there is quite a inexplicable aspect regarding the blind man. The blind man, Robert, and the woman had been friends for many years, and her husband is finally getting the opportunity to meet him. The husband, who is also the narrator for this story, does not know anything about this man. There is a lot of mystery surrounding…

Even the regular people in El Valle, they notice it," he said. " They don't tell me, 'What happened to the frogs? We don't hear them calling anymore." (Griffith,25) "What happened to the frogs?" (Griffith, 25) This line alone struck me since it's one of the main points of the book. Griffith asks what happened to the frogs in El Valle, he knew the golden frog was at risk for possible extinction, but had the extinction come sooner then he thought? The golden frog once was an extremly popular…

short story’s characters and give a sense of optimism and awareness to the reader. People who are blind don’t seem to see the environment around them, but they’re capable of visualizing whatever surrounds them. Just because a person is born blind or considered blind doesn’t mean they are limited to certain activities. It creates this absolute uncertainty for the narrator trying to connect with Robert, a blind man…

where I can completely fathom their situation. People tend to evaluate others harshly when they don’t know them personally. In “The Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, the husband has a hard time understanding the relationship between the wife and the blind man, Robert. Throughout the story, Carver shows us that assumptions interfere with the overall impression of a person and that audible communication increases understanding by using literary devices and elements of character. Carver gives the…