![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He only joins the conversation to let Robert know that he is still in the room and not upset his wife (Carver 6). The narrator focuses intensively on describing Robert’s appearance and barely interacts with him in the first half of the story. ![]() He is genuinely surprised to discover that what he knows does not relate to Robert in any way. His knowledge of visually impaired individuals and what life is like for them is superficial and is based on something the narrator once read in the paper and saw on TV (Carver 6). Bub does not feel like having a blind person in his house because he does not know Robert, and his blindness bothers him as he never met anyone who is blind before (Carver 1). The protagonist, known only as “Bub,” is shown as a reserved and uncommunicative person from the beginning of the story. By the end of the story, Bub begins to imagine what the world must be like for Robert, and, in doing so, he finds hope that he can confront his isolation and connect with people. Although the story’s hero is initially uncomfortable with the guest being in his house, their interaction slowly shows him the new side of himself. The narrator and his wife play host to a blind man named Robert, an old friend of the woman. The short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver focuses on one evening in a protagonist’s life that is likely to change him forever. ![]()
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