Essays on Cathedral

Rarely does a story portray self-discovery and personal enlightenment as honestly and tenaciously as Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral.” This story depicts the encounter between an initially close-minded narrator and a free-thinking blind man. As the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that both characters need each other...

In Raymond Carver’s short story, “Cathedral,” the close-minded speaker is forced to spend a civil evening with a blind man. Initially, the narrator despises the blind community. However, after interacting and connecting with the blind man in the story, the speaker finds himself with a...

In this story, “Cathedral”, Carver teaches how that an individual can share significant experiences and many lessons with those he least expects it and needs it the most. ‘Cathedral’ is a short story about enlightenment, discovering in oneself something more meaningful and deeper. Although nothing...

Raymond Carver was an American short story writer and poet. He enrolled in a creative writing class that was taught by John Gardner, who became a mentor and gave guidance towards Carver’s career. Carver wrote 72 short stories and 306 poems. He published “Cathedral” in...

Out of any of the books I have read in my years of high school, Cathedral has to be my favorite (besides Gatsby). Cathedral reminds me of a time I met a disabled man and I would stereotype him -from the things I watched on...

The stories of the American writer Raymond Carver at first glance seem to be devoted to purely everyday topics, but in fact they reveal serious social problems.” Something like that is written everywhere in the net. Firstly, I did not believe that fact (simple short...

In Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents, humans are described as exhibiting three types of coping mechanisms in order to relieve themselves of the suffering that they experience. One of these mechanisms is intoxication: to intoxicate one’s self with various physical substances in order to become...

Raymond Carver’s preferred method of delivering information to readers in his short story “Cathedral” is one that is entirely coherent with the underlying theme of the impact of alienation and isolation upon those who fail to master the art of communicating with others. Carver employs...

In the two essays “Cathedral” written by Raymond Carver and “Look at Your Fish” by Samuel H. Scudder they show many themes of sight and how people perceive their sight. Carver’s essay has a character named Robert who is blind. There’s also a character (called...

In Raymond Carver’s short story “A Small, Good Thing,” the Baker’s helplessness is caused by his apparent class status and by an unknown financial stability, which results in a sense of isolation and loneliness. The baker resolves his sense of helplessness when he realizes that...