cathedral questions
Cathedral
1. In the beginning when the blind man came to their house for the first time, he judged Robert because he was blind. "And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed." The narrator changes his mind when Robert told him to draw the Cathedral on the paper.
2. The wife hints to Robert that his bed is ready because she is tired and wanted to go to sleep. Robert stayed with him while the wife fell asleep on the couch, but she keeps hinting to Robert that his bed is made for him. Later on the husband tells him that he could go up if he wanted to. The wife tried to put Robert to bed but she just fell asleep right between the guys.
3. He knew that Robert wanted to see what was on T.V because the narrator was explaining the Cathedral to Robert as they sat and smoked together.
4. Cathedral is in first person point of view. It revealed attitude, feelings and isolation between Robert and the narrator that was broken at the end of the story.
5. Robert lost his wife a few years back. The narrator’s wife and Robert were also very close. The narrator never met Robert and when he came over their house for the first time, he didn’t accept Robert. He had no sympathy for Robert because he was blind. Whenever the wife went to bed, he took over hosting to Robert and tried to give Robert descriptions of the Cathedrals.
6. I believe that the narrator is an antihero because he is the protagonist of the story. He was very judgmental towards Robert in the beginning and he said he didn’t feel bad because he was blind. He was irritated with Robert and his wife being so close and having such a close past with one another. He gives off negative attitude throughout the story with Robert.
7. I think that the wife is a flat character because she seems to only have a few characteristics that show in the passage. Robert is a round character because he shows many characteristics in the
1. In the beginning when the blind man came to their house for the first time, he judged Robert because he was blind. "And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed." The narrator changes his mind when Robert told him to draw the Cathedral on the paper.
2. The wife hints to Robert that his bed is ready because she is tired and wanted to go to sleep. Robert stayed with him while the wife fell asleep on the couch, but she keeps hinting to Robert that his bed is made for him. Later on the husband tells him that he could go up if he wanted to. The wife tried to put Robert to bed but she just fell asleep right between the guys.
3. He knew that Robert wanted to see what was on T.V because the narrator was explaining the Cathedral to Robert as they sat and smoked together.
4. Cathedral is in first person point of view. It revealed attitude, feelings and isolation between Robert and the narrator that was broken at the end of the story.
5. Robert lost his wife a few years back. The narrator’s wife and Robert were also very close. The narrator never met Robert and when he came over their house for the first time, he didn’t accept Robert. He had no sympathy for Robert because he was blind. Whenever the wife went to bed, he took over hosting to Robert and tried to give Robert descriptions of the Cathedrals.
6. I believe that the narrator is an antihero because he is the protagonist of the story. He was very judgmental towards Robert in the beginning and he said he didn’t feel bad because he was blind. He was irritated with Robert and his wife being so close and having such a close past with one another. He gives off negative attitude throughout the story with Robert.
7. I think that the wife is a flat character because she seems to only have a few characteristics that show in the passage. Robert is a round character because he shows many characteristics in the