Cathedral

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…

Envisioned by Joseph Magnin, the first St. Patrick’s Cathedral, originally named St. Peter and often referred to as the Old Cathedral, built in 1815, burned down in 1868. When its reconstruction finished, it was downgraded to a parish church on a site destined and purchased by the church as a burial ground. In 1853, the city commissioned James Renwick Jr. to device a cathedral to accommodate the growing population of immigrants of Catholic religion entering the United States. Renwick’s design…

Cathedral In Raymond Carver’s Cathedral, the reader is introduced to the narrator of the story who is anticipating the dreaded arrival of his wife’s friend Robert. Robert isn't just an ordinary friend of the Narrators Wife he is visually impaired and this impairment is actually how the two of them met. From the beginning of the story, the Narrator makes it clear that he has negative feelings of the coming of Robert by first saying how he wasn't “Enthusiastic about the visit.” (Cathedral 1) The…

In Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” he shows that just because someone can see does not mean that they cannot 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…

specific personal change in characters, for example, a minor character becoming a protagonist or antagonist. One event in a short story can set off a new chain of events in a completely different direction. The transcendental epiphany in Carver’s “Cathedral” is an inner realization occurring at the end of the short story and the effects of the new perspective are left on to the reader to decide the next path of the story (Carver, 13). In Malamud’s Angel Levine, the epiphany is of the magical…

damaged, my neighborhood was left in pieces and my middle school/ future high school was left in ruins. Within months, my community began to rebuild and it was stated that my high school (Cathedral High School) was to be rebuilt by the time I was a sophomore. With this information, I decided to attend Cathedral. Sadly however, progress on rebuilding the school had not yet started and the newly appointed bishop had qualms about the future of the school. He needed to see that the community was…

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…

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 in this story is very significant and creates drastic…

the inside, while the sun hits the windows from the outside. During Gothic period and the Renaissance the stained glass windows was one of the best technique in Gothic Cathedrals. It has the most beautiful and inspiring stained glass windows that tell biblical stories from The Holy Bible. In the medieval century, Gothic Cathedrals had unique stained glass windows that were high above to allow light to shine through and make the features come to life. By understanding the fundamentals of the…

reader. In his prolific short story, “Cathedral” Carver depicts the difference between looking and seeing. The narrator accounts previous sensory experiences; this is normal in Impressionistic pieces. However, like many Minimalist protagonists, the narrator is incapable of articulating the importance of what he describes. There are numerous ways to interpret what Carver means in the text, and it is important to examine each concept. Throughout “Cathedral,” “looking” is interpreted as actual…