1) In the beginning of the novel the narrator's attitude and feelings towards the blind are apparent in his apprehensions concerning Robert's impending visit. In the first paragraph the narrator even admits to the fact that Robert's being blind bothers him. He says that his impression of what being blind is comes from movies, where the blind move slowly and never laugh. Occasionally they had seeing-eye dogs that lead them around. When the blind man enters the house the narrator offers a lengthy physical description of Robert, from noting that he wore brown slacks, shoes, and shirt, had a full beard, and have devoid of a cane and dark glasses. The last point seems to be something of a sticking point for the narrator, because of his assumption that all blind people wore dark glasses. The narrator's attitude seems to mellow as a result of smoking some pot and just chilling out for a minute. When his wife falls asleep and he is able to be one-on-one with Robert, the narrator seems to become more comfortable with him. Obviously the narrator has had a change of heart by the end of the story when he and Robert are creating the picture of the cathedral together.
             4) The point of view of a first-person narrative is greatly effective in creating a more personal mood for the story because it allows us to feel exactly what the narrator is feeling towards his given situation. All of his doubt, apprehension, fear, and smugness comes across very clearly because it comes across with the use of his own words. What is perhaps most interesting about this point of view is that we see the history of his wife's previous marriage and her previous "relationship" with Robert as it was told to him and as he can remember it, not a first person-account of what happened. That creates an additi...