Braille

responsible for it? Multiple people have contributed to writing the Braille alphabet, but the main inventor was Louis Braille, who it was named after. The Braille alphabet is a series of raised dots that a blind person can use to read and write. Before it was invented, there wasn’t a very efficient way to read or write. Braille also helped other fields of work and how they worked, but helping the…

to see even with glasses (Dahl). Blindness is a condition that someone can get or be born with (Dahl). There are two types of blindness that someone get from physically hurting someone's eyes, one is called “temporary blindness” and the other is called “permanent blindness” (Dahl). Temporary blindness is a scratch or small cut on the eye that inflicts pain but goes away if treated correctly (Dahl). Permanent blindness is if the small scrape gets infected, or if someone damages their eye so…

unaware of how to use it. I personally do not favor the fact that most schools do not combine this class with the school’s curriculum, which deprives students, myself included, from this vital way of thinking. The notable Chinese philosopher, Confucius, once said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Children who enjoy being creative and who have the qualities of growing up to be innovators or applying this trait to their everyday jobs will, as Confucius…

Phonetic systems because they are disabilities. The strongest case for the importance of Braille is linked to the 'literacy argument,' which advocates that Braille allows users to learn spelling, punctuation, and gain an understanding of how text is formatted on the page. Audio books have provided an excellent additional resource for reading comprehension - but listening is not synonymous with reading and studies show that students who can read Braille tend to acquire higher literacy rates on…

Blindness is a trait that can be applied to an assortment of scenarios. People can be blind to their feelings, blind to their addictions, or blind to the world around them. In “Cathedral”, written by Raymond Carver, blindness is shown in two people: Robert and the Narrator. Robert’s blindness is in the form of a physical blindness–the inability to use his eyes to see the world around him. This, however, does not inhibit him from experiencing the world around him, unlike the Narrator. The…

When looking at a public figure or hero, we usually see that person as being strong physically and mentally. They can understand what is going on and can sense if something is wrong and if it can be fixed. On the other hand, when someone is figuratively blind, they are looked as being weak or confused. That they don’t see fully what is happening in front of them and due to this they don’t have power; This type of thinking is present is both stories like books, and in everyday society. Since the…

The protagonist in Carver’s “Cathedral” also serves as the narrator. The man although nameless reveals to us (the readers) who he is throughout the story. We see many ranges in this character, he shows us that he is jealous, narrow-minded, self-centered, and even prejudice. Also even though he is not described as being blind himself, he does seem to be blinded to his wife’s thoughts and feelings, as well as to things he does not understand. The main character lacks intimacy, and seems to be…

More important than a person’s identity, is what a person identifies as. The difference between these two is that identities are constantly being assigned and replaced throughout our life by society and biology, while identifying is a process independent to each individual. Individuals have little control over the process of being labeled and defined by others in ways that sometimes do not reflect their inner self. However, through identification, individuals are able to decide which and to what…

Looking But Not Seeing. Appreciably, blindness is a dominant theme woven through the garment of the “Cathedral” story by Raymond Carver. One is taken aback by the utter rawness and cold attitude exhibited by the narrator about the blind man. The narrator loudly wonders on who could dare attend a little wedding between Robert, the blind man and his sweetheart Beulah and further states that he does not have any blind person as a friend. As the story develops, one thing becomes certain that the…

Acceptance is key, and, under no circumstances can you know what a person may hold for your future. The narrator in Raymond 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…