Raymond Carver planted a message into the mind of his audience that imagination prevents stereotypical blindness. This message is important because Carver touched on a current problem that we face in our daily lives known as prejudice. This problem is caused by stereotype disease and the cure for it is imagination because people will be more sensitive to how others feel. In “Cathedral”, Carver showed how Bub, as a sighted person, was struggling with stereotypical blindness and Robert, as a blind
The short stories “Araby” and “Cathedral” showcase the developments of individuals in their understanding and acceptance of reality. “Araby”, written by James Joyce, talks about a young boy who has a crush on his friend’s older sister. The young boy promises to the girl that if he goes to “Araby”, a bazaar, he will get her a gift. When the boy arrives at the Bazaar, the fair is closing. The boy also realizes that he didn’t have the funds to buy her something nice anyway. Alone at the bazaar, the
The Blind Men of “Cathedral” In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral,” the narrator’s personality is made clear long before the dialogue begins. For a protagonist, he is surprisingly uncivil. Perhaps even more striking, however, is the dissimilarity between himself and Robert, his blind visitor. In the beginning, they are near-opposites. Besides the obvious difference of blindness versus sight, the narrator and the blind man also differ greatly in their views on change, their manners, and the
Raymond Carver, a notable writer and contributor to American short stories in the 20th century, was the author of “Cathedral. ” In his short story “Cathedral,” Carver describes a night where a man and his wife are visited by his wife’s old friend Robert; although a blind man, he happens to be in the area visiting his newly deceased wife’s family. Throughout the night's events, the narrator (the husband) goes through a life changing event that changes the way he sees life and blind people due to the