The Stone Carvers

Cathedral “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, was focused on the issue of love and its absences and the bearing of love’s absences on marriage and individual identity. His story was involved in very little “action” with in the plot. Instead, the focus was much more on the dialogue and investigation of the theme. The surface of his story looks calm and banal, but if you go deep into it you can see full of emotional tension, hidden memories, wounds, longing, hate, anxiety and melancholy. It is all…

The short story, "The Cathedral" by Raymond Carver is about a woman whom invited a blind acquaintance from her past to stay with her and her husband. The husband, technically, has normal vision but; he is blinded by a plethora of his discriminatory choices. Through the husband's words and actions when he is dealing with Robert, the blind man, its evident he doesn't understand what Robert’s blindness affects his life. When Robert first arrives at the house it makes the husband uncomfortable. As…

been married for eight years and even the narrator, only ever having heard the kind of love Robert and Beulah had from him wife, pictures Robert with Beulah, crying as she died. “…the blind man’s hand on her hand, his blind eyes streaming tears-…” (Carver 35). Robert also feels as if he knows the narrator well, just listening to tapes sent from his wife. The narrator only sees Robert as a blind man, it is difficult to separate him from his disability. Robert is able to truly know someone by what…

The story Cathedral, by Raymond Carver, is about how a blind man can see so much and someone with vision sees so little. The narrator has vision but lacks insight. Whereas Robert, a friend of the narrators wife, is blind but he appreciates life more. Robert helps the narrator realize what is important in life and helps him examine the way he sees the world. This story is about blindness; though someone is blind they can have more insight and appreciation of life than someone who has vision.…

In the short story " Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, the author shows that having physical sight does not mean the person can truly see. When the narrators wife invites an old friend to stay with them for a little while, the narrator is not only upset that it’s a man but also because he is blind. Through the actions and words the narrator uses, it is evident that Robert (the blind man) can see more than Bub ( narrator) can. The narrator character is not a nice one. From the first sentence…

Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”, is from the view of a first-person narrative about a man who is unamused by his wife’s blind friend coming to stay in their home. His wife received a summer job ten years ago with this blind man, Robert. Over the years the two communicate through tapes, telling each other how their lives have changed since they had last seen each other. Throughout the story, the narrator is insensitive toward the connection that his wife and the blind man have. In this essay, I…

Humans are surrounded by poverty everywhere they go, but never realized the long lasting effects of it in our society and individuals. In the essay "Black Hair" by Gary Soto, he explains the life of a young seventeen year old Mexican who struggles on the streets to make a decent living . Soto is able to portray the emotions and experiences of his life by writing the essay in first person. The audience has the opportunity to relate towards what life is when not having a place to sleep at night,…

In the short story, “Cathedral”¸ written by Raymond Carver, the narrator is a middle-aged man who is very judgmental towards a blind man, however, as the story develops, the reader comes to the realization that “[The blind man] sees how to get along with others... by contrast, the narrator, although sighted, does not see how his isolation damages himself, his wife, and their relationship (Bloom, 47).” This story has a biased view towards the blind man because it is told in the first person view…

Katie Young Peyer ENGL 1302 15 11 2016 Research Paper: Cathedral Raymond Carver’s story “Cathedral” is about a blind man named Robert who visits a woman friend, married to another man. The protagonist in the story is the narrator himself. This story reveals the lives of two blind men, one physically and the other one symbolically blind. This story mainly focuses on the narrator. Narrator’s mesmerizes not only reveal his flaws, but also his perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes towards…

English 111, so I was a little apprehensive about whether I would be able to remember everything from that long ago and be successful in this class. The first paper that I was tasked to write was a literary analysis of “Little Things” by Raymond Carver. I was excited about this assignment in the beginning because, as an avid reader, I really enjoy critically looking at what I think the author is trying to say to me through their story. I love analyzing my favorite books and do it quite…