The significance of the “Cathedral”
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The significance of the “Cathedral”
It is right that empathetic people may begin to solve their internal issues through moving out of their comfort zones and allow others to guide them when they offer their mind to someone else as well as start seeing things in other person’s perspective. It is showed in the “Cathedral” an article by Raymond Carver which is touching and talking about the experience of a blind man who had a stay with a couple at their home after losing his beloved wife. What makes human internal being is the way of thinking and doing things. However, in every part of life as well as well-being change is inevitable and people have to take it in the right way so as to be sound in their livelihood.
As one move from one level to another new things and experiences come into being and in many instances they tend to make the internal issues better or worse. Therefore, it is prudent to always make sound choices and consider the utilities that will lead to maximum satisfaction. It is well known that stress and depression are among the fatal stimulants and causes of mental illness. Thus, when having internal stress and other disturbing issues it is recommendable to find people who can either be friends or relatives whom one can share the things with to become relieved.
Trait of the protagonist
The narrator’s wife is loving and compassionate while the narrator is careless and accommodative. “ If you love me, you can do this for me.” She loves both her husband and the blind man as well as understanding that the blind man need her help and it is right to have him in their house. The narrator does not care about the blind man as he had no past experience of such a person but later he goes with her wife’s will of accommodating him. The blind man used to work in an office, have affection sensation as well as making good friends with the people he intermingled with while he had no capability of seeing and distinguishing physically between the right thing and the wrong.
Specific conflicts that links to Character traits
The narrator’s wife significantly affects the life of the blind man and her husband and made them one people who can stay as well as share things together. She was at first a lover to the blind man before getting married to the husband and this could be clearly shown through the romantic poems she used to write, narrating her lifestyle to the blind man through the tapes and her final act of admitting the man into her marital home. “I do not have any blind friend.” The narrator could not believe that he can share a house or spend time with a blind person but through giving his mind to her wife made this possible and he ends up enjoying the stay with the blind man. For instance, they shared many stories about their past and the two men ended up getting into the art of watching the TV and drawing the Cathedral together.
Climax of the conflict and its dynamic change
As elaborated above, it is true that moving out of the comfort zone and giving up someone’s mind to other people can change the internal issues and be a beginning of thinking and doing things differently according to other peoples’ perspective.