Thursday, October 2, 2008

The Cathedral

Why is it significant that the narrator can't describe a cathedral to the blind man?

It is significant that the narrator can't describe a cathedral to the blind man 
 because he really did not know anything about them.  He could only tell the blind man about what the cathedrals looked like.  The only thing that was not related to the observing of it on the tv was that he said it took many men to make one and that they were built high because the men wanted to be closer to god.  The blind man seemed very interested in what he was saying.



What does this tell the reader about his character?


This tells the reader that the character was nervous because he was talking to the blind man about what the cathedral looked like and that he felt bad because he did not have that much information about what the blind man could not see.  The blind man still liked what he saw in his mind and actually seemed to enjoy what the narrator was telling him.

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