Cathedral

Cathedral of Holy Cross is located in the neighborhood of South End, at 1400 Washington St., Boston, MA. Cathedral has become my favorite place and like a second home to me. I go there when I need to settle my nerves, to bless myself with holy water, to break bread and drink blood red wine. Most of all, I go there to pray for myself, I go there to pray for my family, I go there to pray for this life which occasionally I do not know how to cope. Whenever I attend Mass I feel awakened by the…

and sometimes it takes an unforeseeable encounter with a peculiar individual, to ignite our awareness, and educate our perception. It’s up to us to accept the awareness and allow the change or to be aware and avoid the change. The Narrator in “Cathedral”, by Raymond Carver, experiences awareness through Robert, the blind man. Similarly, Victor in “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”, by Sherman Alexie, finds realization, through the company of Thomas, a childhood friend. However, the…

pictures? That's basically what happens in cathedral. Narrated by a man whose wife has invited an old friend named Robert to visit their home. In the beginning of the story the narrator was troubled by the visit of a blind man. Based on what he see on movies, he think that blind are depressing. However at the end of the history he changed his mind and had a different feeling about his company with the blind man and had an amazing experience. Therefore, in cathedral, Raymond carver explore irony,…

Raymond Carvers short story “Cathedral” is centered around a man, his wife and her blind friend Robert who comes to town to stay with them. The narrator holds himself high while treating his wife disrespectfully and judging Robert based on his disability. Carver shows the differences between the two men and how Robert ultimately awakens something in the narrator who he calls “Bub.” Conflict, characterization and irony are used by Carver to give life to the theme of this story which is seeing…

Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”, is a short story illustrating the narrator’s insensitive thoughts and emotions towards his wife’s blind friend and his own limited awareness or (interference) with himself. The narrator then experiences freedom like he never has before alongside Robert, the blind man. Carver interprets different forms of blind both physically and mentally or emotionally. The unnamed narrator makes _________ remarks towards Robert and his wife. He first begins with asking his wife…

The short story Cathedral, written by Raymond Carver, is a story displaying a consequential distinction between ‘looking’ and ‘seeing’. The tale is that of a man and his wife who take in a blind man into their home for a night after the death of the blind man’s wife. The wife had once worked for the blind man and they developed a strong friendship. It goes on speaking about how the husband is a tad uncomfortable and bewildered, by the reality that the blind man is being brought into his home.…

wanted the reader to understand the purpose of the character based on his or her point of view. Through his characters he inclines toward showing the reader different ways of looking at the world and the million forms we can connect with people. Cathedral is the perfect example it is a story with few details, thus this is what I understood. The narrator is a man who is not happy at all about receiving Robert into his house, mainly because he is jealous of his wife past with him. Robert is a…

story that is told from the external point of view might not produce the same empathy in readers. In the same way, how character is portrayed influences a story as well. There are different types of characters in literature; the main characters in “Cathedral” are complex, dynamic, and static. A complex character is one whose personality is described in detail. Moreover, the difference between dynamic and static characters lies in the fact that a dynamic character changes throughout the story,…

storm fanned by easterly gale force winds, jumped fire breaks and continued onward to the west. It destroyed the Dukes command post at Temple Bar and destroyed the luxury shopping street of Cheapside. The greatest loss on this day was St. Pauls Cathedral. Most people thought the churches thick stone walls and the natural fire break of an empty surrounding plaza would protect it from the fire. However the church was undergoing restoration by Christopher Wren and was covered in wooden scaffolding.…

The Dome of Florence Cathedral was a problem from the start, causing headaches for former engineers. Brunelleschi took on the challenge in 1419. He was possibly led to his hidden talent in architecture after losing a commision to build a sculpture for a baptistry in Florence. He then shied away from sculpting, although he did not quit and began his career in architecture. Some believe he was inspired by his surroundings in Italy, always visiting the works of art there. When he worked on the…