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Morally blind There are about three thousand cathedrals, and about 39 million blind people, around the world. That is about 39 million people that don’t get to see the beautiful walls and insides of cathedrals. In In Raymond Carver’s short story, “Cathedral,” an unnamed narrator suddenly faces his own preconceptions, jealousy and prejudices about blind people that in return makes him emotionally and morally blind himself. Without actually being blind, the narrator of the story judges and puts…

I think this piece is presumably the best case one could seek after for what bias is. He discusses the visually impaired keeps an eye on now expired spouse, inquiring as to whether she was a "Negro" a bit warily. Yet, he doesn't wait for that idea. Demonstrating that it is not something he especially thinks about, but instead something characteristic of the circumstances. The genuine predigest in this story is the one the fundamental character has against the visually impaired man. Similarly, as…

In the short story by Raymond Carver, known as “Cathedral,” the narrator is shown by Robert the blind man that he is blind figuratively as much as Robert who is literally blind. The story seeks to demonstrate how there are different aspects of blindness. The narrator shows his blindness to the world through his stereotypical ideas and assumptions before he truly meets Robert. “In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed” (76). “Sometimes they were led by seeing eye dogs” (76). The…

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…

Those incapable of sight are often considered to be 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…

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 “the blind leading the blind.” One of the big things Carver uses to show that the narrator is “the blind…

creativity acts as a healing factor to obtain a sense of life. Narrator holds a stereotypical mind set about blind people which suggests his ignorant, self-centered and insecure personality with inability to understand human relations. While illustrating his views on blind people, the narrator states,” In movies the blind moved slowly and never laughed. sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to” (75). This description signifies…

Strangers are simply friends, we haven’t met yet. Strangers are dangerous. Strangers are strange. To someone I am a stranger, and to me you’re a stranger. We may become friends, or we may continue to walk different paths the rest of this lifetime. This could be down to luck, destiny, or our own life planning. Due to frequent déjàvu episodes I sign onto the internet to ferret out information. According to the medical websites, this could be the sign that a mental illness is about to present…

One night in Purple County, it was the beginning of something no one could imagine. The story begins on a stormy, cloudy night when Billy’s phone rang, “Hello, who is this?” he moaned half asleep, “This better not be a prank call, you little rascals are always trying to test me. I don’t want to buy anything goodb-” “No it’s me you silly bum, sorry I just have a lot going on right now. Can you come over to my house and talk, please, I really need to vent.” said Ally, his best friend. “Do you…

REPORTER: The reporter/anonymous called to report neglect for the victims, Izabella, Arianna, and an unknown child. According to the reporter, there is a history of bedbugs in the home, but it is unknown if there are currently bedbugs in the home. Two or three weeks ago, Izabella had bite marks on her legs, and the reporter has pictures of the bite marks. It is unknown if the child was bitten from ants or bedbugs. It is unknown if the other children have bed bug bites. The reporter said Lakeisha…