The blind man from Cathedral by Raymond Carver - 600 Words

The blind man from Cathedral by Raymond Carver Raymond Carver wrote a short story called ‘‘The cathedral’’, it is about a woman who has a long time friend and he is blind. He comes at her house to see her and then realize that she as a husband. At the beginning, the husband has a good vision but he is the one who seems blind. The husband is speaks and do signs when he is talking to Robert, the blind man, the husband is kind of ‘‘blind’’ because he does not notice and understand what it is for Robert to be blind. What does it mean or how it changes his life to be a person who cannot see anything, to be a blind man. The husband seems very uncomfortable, Robert makes him feel that he is not in the right place. The husband is always†¦show more content†¦The husband does not realize and thinks that the blind mind is like him, that he is intelligent, he has emotions, and ideas. He almost sees him as an alien from another planet, a kind of strange animal coming from no where. Wilky 2 The husband really does not know what to say, what to do and how to act with Robert. Here is an example of that, they have just finished eating and they are going in the living room. The husband describes his thoughts about what happened in the room The husband shows that he does not like the fact that Robert is with them by the way he is acting. Robert is not a human, not a person, this is it, he is just a blind man that is what the husband thinks in his mind since the beginning. The story goes on and on, the relation between the husband and Robert is positively going forward and the husband is acting differently because he is starting to treat him like a human. During dinner, the husband shows that he is starting to feel good according to Robert The husband realize that Robert is not an animal and that he is eating with is fork and knife just like him and his wife and not with his hands like a monkey. He is shocked and fascinated by the fact that Robert can do that. At this point of the story, this is a very important moment according to the relation between the blind man and the husband. It is the first time that the narrator sees Robert as an human and not a different type of person. He is startingShow MoreRelatedCathedral By Raymond Carver Analysis1631 Words   |  7 Pages Cathedral is a short story written by American writer and poet Raymond Carver. (2017) The story was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1981 and appeared in The Americas Best Short Stories in 1982. (2012) In the short story cathedral, the narrator’s wife’s blind friend is coming to visit. The narrator isn’t thrilled about his wife’s blind friend coming to visit nor is he happy that the man is blind. 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