Learning in Raymond Carver's "Cathedral,"
'Learning Never Ends'
In Raymond Carver's short story 'Cathedral,' he uses plot, character, as
well as actions to develop his theme. The theme is very slowly and subtlety
developed early on the story. It is the theme of 'Leaning never ends.'
The character of the narrator's wife is simply a bridge between the two
contrasting attitudes of the narrator and Robert, the blind man. Robert
hired the narrator's wife to read for him. …
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…him a cathedral. Unenthusiastic at
first, but soon the narrator became absorbed in his drawing. Then Robert
gives him a final and no doubly lasting impression on the narrator. He
tells him to close his eyes and to continue drawing. Blindly. Then he
didn't open his eyes. This final act definitely tought the narrator what
it was like to be in Robert's world. where he got to see the cathedral that
he had shown him.
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