![]() This perspective also allows the readers to witness his character transformation as he realizes the faults in his personality as well. It is quite obvious that this person is a narrow-minded individual as he is disturbed by his wife’s friendship with Robert, his stay at the narrator’s house, and his blindness, etc. The story is narrated by an unnamed person whose opinions about different subjects provide a distinct understanding of him as an individual. This paper will analyze the story and the author’s writing style in detail. The narrator is also bothered by Robert’s blindness and thinks that it was a pity that he could never know whether his wife was beautiful or not (Carver, 1981a). Robert’s wife had passed away due to cancer and the narrator’s wife did not want her friend to feel alone at such a time. ![]() The problem behind this is that this friend is a blind man, named Robert with whom the narrator’s wife worked and has been exchanging audio tapes ever since. The narrator is displeased at his wife for inviting her friend over to their house for a stay. The story is written in first-person perspective, however the name of this person is unknown and from the beginning, it becomes obvious to the readers that the narrator is a very insecure individual. ![]() Written in 1981, Raymond Carver’s Cathedral is a story that follows the theme of jealousy, doubt, uncertainty, dispassion, and isolation. ![]()
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