Cathedral

Cathedral by Raymond Carver is an “open text” narration. It is clear as we read the story that the author wanted his audience to interpret the ending in their own personal way. There is no real ending to this narration and personally that is what caught my attention the most. For this specific story we need to think of different outcomes; brining many different conclusions to the table. Also, Cathedral is a story that has a double meaning. This essay is more then what meets the eye; there is a moral to the story. The double interpretation is seen at the end. The protagonist and his wife were having a “blind man” over their house. The protagonist had never been associated with anyone with this type of disability thus categorizing him as indifferent.

The essay ends with the protagonist seeing as the blind man did. Not only is there a moment of epiphany and realization of the stereotypical remarks that he was making against the blind man but he saw what “Bub” saw. Also, I believe that this essay has a lot to do with religion. This is because the protagonist was not very religious and after he painted the Cathedral he saw that even though we can’t see things sometimes it doesn’t mean its not there. Faith is the expectative of the things we can not see. The protagonist could not see God thus making him believe God didn’t exist. This essay teaches us two things, one that we can not make remarks against people even though they have certain disabilities. The second thing this narration teaches us is that even though we can’t see things certain times that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.