The Cathedral

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September 22, 2013

 

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The opening line of Cathedral reads, "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, he was on his way to spend the night." (Carver 1052) Clearly, the narrator can not see past Robert's disability; he dismisses him in the same way a racist might dismiss a black man. In reality, any prejudice ? be it based on gender, race or disability ? involves one person's inability to look past a superficial quality...
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In reality, any prejudice ? be it based on gender, race or disability ? involves one person's inability to look past a superficial quality. If someone judges a person based on such a characteristic, they are only seeing the aspect of the person which makes them uncomfortable. The narrator has unconsciously placed Robert in a category that he labels abnormal, which stops him from seeing the blind man as an individual...
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