![]() ![]() How often do the sighted consider the difficulties of describing a cathedral in words to those unable to see the grandeur? Likewise, how often do the -abled consider the similarities and personalities rather than the stereotypes of the “disabled”? ![]() I first read Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral” when I was in college, and as I pondered stories about the “little-noticed” in life for my wallpaper reading project, I thought of it again. He has not understood the uniqueness of the various people in the world, particularly the blind or otherwise disabled. He discovers in the end that he has been the one blind. His underlying epiphany, however, is not about architecture but about his own prejudices and stereotypes. How does a blind person understand the majesty of a cathedral? The narrator in Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral” tries to describe it. ![]()
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