Blind Willow

In the short story by Raymond Carver, known as “Cathedral,” the narrator is shown by Robert the blind man that he is blind figuratively as much as Robert who is literally blind. The story seeks to demonstrate how there are different aspects of blindness. The narrator shows his blindness to the world through his stereotypical ideas and assumptions before he truly meets Robert. “In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed” (76). “Sometimes they were led by seeing eye dogs” (76). The…

In the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver the cathedral that the narrator draws with Robert, the blind man, represents true sight and the ability to see beyond the surface of things in order to see the true meaning that lies within. In the beginning, the narrator can see with his eyes well, but he has trouble understanding people’s thoughts and feelings. The narrator is even unable to understand the person who is supposed to be closes to him, his own wife, and is therefore unable to…

Those incapable of sight are often considered to be limited, less fortunate and lost. Raymond Carver’s short story, “Cathedral”, explains the wonders behind those who are blind and how they see more than anyone with sight. A blind man by the name of Robert strives to open the mind of a very arrogant, detached man that does not see what the world truly is. The narrator, given the nickname Bub, and Robert symbolize two parts of society and represent different ways of thinking. The cathedral used…

also be blind to somethings. Often because someone is blind people look at them as if they cannot do as much as someone that can see, but because they are blind they realize or “see” things that others do not. The narrator thinks this way about the blind man, Robert, through most of the story. Carver uses the narrator’s point of view, imagery, and tone to show the reader how the narrator is “the blind leading the blind.” One of the big things Carver uses to show that the narrator is “the blind…

creativity acts as a healing factor to obtain a sense of life. Narrator holds a stereotypical mind set about blind people which suggests his ignorant, self-centered and insecure personality with inability to understand human relations. While illustrating his views on blind people, the narrator states,” In movies the blind moved slowly and never laughed. sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to” (75). This description signifies…

on torture, guilt, atonement, and power. The magistrate sees the blind girl as a way of trying to get forgiveness for the acts he did and he witnessed as a magistrate. At the beginning he just wants to help the blind girl but later on, the relationship turns from a charity…

Question #5 Woo, the narrator, was able to connect with her dead mother and accept her Chinese heritage by fulfilling her mother’s dream of returning to China and finding the mother’s twin daughters, Woo’s half-sisters. As soon as the narrator’s train left the Hong Kong’s border to enter Shenzhen, as her mother, Suyuan, predicted, Woo could feel and see she was becoming Chinese, stating, “I feel different. I can feel the skin on my forehead tingling, my blood rushing through a new course,…

1. Briefly state the purpose of the research. (5 points) The purpose of this study is for experimental research. The authors continually state that the information regarding music affecting purchase decisions in a commercial environment is very limited. However, there are various similar studies mentioned in the case. This is further confirmed since the scales used were based on a previous secondary data. The researchers are ultimately trying to identify if certain being music played in a…

Fauxwood Plantation Shutters Give Style Antebellum One of the most romantic periods of architecture and interior designs is referred to now as the antebellum period, which literally translates as ‘before the war’ – in this case, the American Civil War. In particular, the antebellum design refers to the old South, with elegant plantation homes appearing in the early 1800s, characterised by Greek or Classical revival touches or the grand federal style. Today, this period is much sought after by…

Within popular culture as well as true life events, humans look for a person to root for in hard times or difficult events. William Wallace within the movie Braveheart captures that idea completely while trying to tell the story of how a group set out to overthrow foreign rule as well as shake up the feudal system. This piece sets out to take a historical event and turn it into a blockbuster hit through love, battles, and a martyr to root for. Although as many know that movies rarely hold up to…