The Blind

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 narrator was blinded and needed to be guided in drawing of the cathedral by Robert, the blind man. Symbolism The author of the story of the Cathedral employs…

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…

In the essay, Blindness, Jorge Luis Borges describes the many strengths and weakness that originate being a blind man to an audience who does not know what it feels like to actually be blind. He conveys this idea throughout his essay through the use of different rhetorical elements such as ethos and pathos. Borges uses ethos to show readers that he has experienced what it is like to be blind, and pathos unintentionally to have the reader feel certain emotions such as empathy. As he describes…

others. The authenticity of these two stories show you the dangers of ignorance and how you should live life the first time around. In Cathedral, there are two main characters. There is the husband, and a blind man named Robert. Raymond Carver details two polarizing characters: the blind man at first is just a visitor who the wife is really close to and therefor curious as to why he’s there, while the husband is a helpless, carless, lazy man that doesn’t seem too deep into his relationship.…

Throughout this story we are made to feel like the narrator is just a rude and judgmental kind of guy. At each twist and turn in the story he is always there to add a harsh comment, usually towards his wife’s blind friend. One specific time can be noticed during a conversation with his wife about the blind man’s late wife. “Was his wife a Negro?”(Carver, ), he asks. Not much compassion is expected from him as we make our way further into the story. While simply watching a cathedral on TV…

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…

Robert Carver uses the character Bub, in his short story “Cathedral”, to demonstrate the difference between being physically blind and emotionally blind. Bub proves that he is capable of seeing the physical things around him, such as his wife, his home, his marijuana, and even the blind man Robert, who eventually changes his outlook on life. However, these sights are all on the surface and have no deep meaning to Bub and his one track minded life style. In fact others authors including Mark…

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…

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…

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…