The Cathedral by Raymond Carver
The Cathedral by Raymond Carver is an extremely important story about innerconflict, the usually wrong causes of that conflict and how enlightenmentbrings an end to such problems. The story revolves around three characters,a husband Bub, his wife-unnamed, and a blind man-Robert. The story beginswith blind man arriving at Bib's place since he had been invited by hiswife to visit them on his way from Connecticut. The blind man's presenceirritates the husband who feels uncomfortable in his company and is quitejealous of the close connection between the blind man and Bub's wife.However over the course of the story, his feelings for the blind manchange, making him realize that our perceptions are driven and controlledby wrong pre-conceived notions and televised images. The reality mayactually be very different as Bub experiences at the end of the story.The main character is the story is the narrator who goes through tremendousinner change when he meet Robert, a blind man who happens to be a closeacquaintance of his wife's. Narrator, who is called Bub, appears to be abitter rather hostile character in the beginnin
In themovies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed. His shallow thinking is what creates a rift between him and the blindman in the first part of the story as Bub keeps judging him and declares:"I wasn't enthusiastic about his visit. " (39-40) His behavior is one of bitter detachment and jealousdisinterest, which puts wife ill at ease because she can sense herhusband's displeasure over the arrival of the blind man. " (43) It is when the two sit down and start watching televisiontogether, that Bub becomes enlightened as his other senses are snapped tofull consciousness with the help of the blind man. He helps Bib see throughthe eyes of his soul and blind man's vivid imagination awakens all thehitherto passive senses of Bub. "Roberthad done a little of everything, it seemed, a regular blind-jack-of-all-trades. However by the endof the story, Bub goes through massive changes in perception and beliefswhen he gets a chance to know the blind man better during his wife'sabsence from the room. Never thoughtanything like this could happen in your lifetime, did you, bub' Well, it'sa strange life, we all know that.
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