Cathedral

Cathedral

Question #2

The story is about both “seeing” and “learning” from my interpretation.

In the story, the narrator definition of seeing is the ability to look at an object physical features or not being blind. Robert is blind, but yet the he has the ability to visualize this surroundings by his sense of touch giving him an insight meaning of the world and people around him. The narrator felt superior over Robert because he is not blind, but yet he cannot describe the details of the cathedral. Robert ask the narrator to describe the cathedral because, he wants to know how Robert view him. The cathedral symbolize the blind man and, the narrator description of the cathedral gives Robert an idea as how he sees him. Robert figured out that the narrator has no meaning to his life and that he only judge a book by its cover (what he see).

When Robert, figured out that narrator has no meaning to his life, he decides to show him (teach) how to find value in life by asking him to drawing a cathedral. The narrator learned that seeing means more than what the eyes can see or observed. He also learns that if you close your eyes (like your blind) you will find the true meaning of what you are looking at. I think from that point on the narrator learned that you cannot judge a book by its cover, you have to look within. In the last few lines that’s when the narrator realize there is more to life than what meets the eyes. He also learned that he can express himself through drawings by closing his eyes and eliminating the world around him. I think it’s like meditating, finding that inner peace.