Blog Post #1- Cathedral
Aubree Monares August 26, 2017 Literature Blog Post #1: Cathedral When first introduced to the narrator of this story, we learn that he has a somewhat prejudice worldview. The narrator makes it very clear that he was uncomfortable with the idea of having his wife’s blind friend, Robert, stay in his home. I know this because he says, “A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to.” This behavior from the narrator makes it evident that he is narrow-minded and uneducated about the blind. The narrator explains that his idea of blindness, “came from the movies,” where blind people were portrayed as moving slowly and never laughing. I also noticed the narrator’s judgmental outlook because of the way he talks about Robert’s wife. The narrator asks his own wife about Robert’s wife who had passed away. The narrator’s...