Raymond Carver's Cathedral

In Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral", he unconsciously explained his prejudice, so he followed the instructions of the narrator. Eventually he began to understand that he was blind and could not achieve dialogue with the blind. The metaphor of bondage seen in Plato's "Fable of the Cave" may be related to ignorance and prejudice of a narrator "unsatisfied" narrator. "In figurative blindness, both blindness distorts them from the truth, distorting the perception of reality.

Raymond Carver's "cathedral" depicts the interaction between a narrow husband and a limited understanding of the world around him, and a blind visitor Robert proved to dramatically change her husband As an opinion triggered, they changed from strangers to friends. At the beginning of the story, my husband did not understand because he never met the blind man, so he did not like the concept that he left with a blind friend.

Raymond Carver's "cathedral" is said from the perspective of a hostile, ignorant husband who invited blind friends to spend the night. The narrator is thought to be very painful through his future explanation of his wife and nephew. However, as the story proceeded, the tone and attitude of the narrator changed from harsh to warm and opened the enlightenment. At the beginning of the story, the narrator "blind man" departed from Connecticut, "he was visiting the deceased wife 's relatives," his wife invited the blind and spent the night. The narrator begins with "Seattle summer, she needs work," and will continue to explain how his wife's relationship started. Husbands seem to be skeptical about their relationship, and his tone is shy and boring. "He did not have any money, but she fell in love with this guy, he fell in love with her, etc." He explained a blind situation with short sentences. However, his view on the ignorance of the narrator and the life of the blind man is clear.