Cathedral 2

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Once Robert arrives at their home, the narrator is shocked to find out that Robert doesn’t wear dark glasses, carry a cane, and is wearing a full beard. Throughout the story some of the narrator’s stereotypes are erased. However, the jealousy that the narrator possesses, still remains.
When the narrator’s wife informs him that her blind friend, Robert will be visiting for the weekend, the narrator becomes jealous. The narrator’s wife had worked for Robert as a summer job, many years back. The two had kept in contact with each other through audio tapes. The narrator’s wife shared a special moment with Robert, he rubbed her face and felt her features. The narrator’s wife had written poetry about that occurrence. The fact that his wife felt that way about the event, had the narrator extremely jealous. When his wife tried to play one of the tapes that Robert had sent for her husband, the narrator paid little attention and a small ...

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