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Carver's Cathedral
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Carver's Cathedral Who is really blind? What does blind mean? Blind in eyes/ spirits (people don't open to reach other people) The protagonists in each story are trapped in a world of ignorance(ÎÞÖª) because each is comfortable in the dark, and fearful of what knowledge a light might bring. They are reluctant to venture£¨Ã°ÏÕ£© into unfamiliar territory. Fortunately the narrator in the Cathedral is forced by circumstances to take a risk. This risk leads him into new world of insight and understanding. The narrator in ¡°The Cathedral¡± begins the story with the issue of hesitation in seeing the light. The light in this story represents reality. The narrator expresses the fear of expressing reality when he said ¡° I wasn¡¯t enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing eye-dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I look forward to¡±. (Page 98). The narrator felt that being blind was like being in a type of prison and the preconceived notion of self-imprisonment was frightening to him. He felt that blindness was exactly like being a prisoner, a terrible world where no light ever penetrated. Unfortunately, the husband is imprisoned in his own ignorance. His view of blindness had come from Hollywood¡¯s portrayal of blind people. As far as he is concerned, his situation is completely normal. He knows there are lots of people just like him. In ¡°The Cathedral¡± the extent of the husband¡¯s ignorance or naivet?
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