Cathedral by Raymond Carver was a really interesting story to read. It starts off in a flashback with a man's kind wife that finds a job reading to blind people. In this job she not only helps a blind man but also gains him as a new friend from it. When she moves from him because of her old husband being in the military, she lets the man touch her entire face including the neck. To keep in touch they used tapes to send each other back and forth. The blind man's wife dies and he is visiting her and the narrator's house. The narrator does not seem too fond of the idea because of his assumption on blind people. Yet the narrator does not have many friends of his own. This to me stuck out because when an idea springs up that nobody likes, hardly anyone would give it a chance. Who knows, there might be more then what meets the eye.
The story progresses and when the blind man is there, the narrator seems to be enjoying his company. They end up smoking marijuana together and go into deeper conversation. The wife falls asleep, and they continue to watch TV. The man suggest to draw something while the narrator's eyes were closed. When the narrator does so it seems like he is putting himself in the blind man's shoes. When he is done the man tells him to take a look but the narrator keeps his eyes closed, as well as understanding the man more, and tells him "it's really something." This part was very interesting to me and I enjoyed reading this story. Never judge a book by its cover. The narrator and the reader learned very important lessons and I'm sure the narrator's wife won't be the only one talking on the tapes for the future.
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