Priscilla T. Daza English 52 Cathedral

Cathedral was enjoyable to read in my opinion. I could not help but notice how Raymond Carver wrote the story. I noticed there was a lot of short sentences that could have been combined as one whole sentence. For instance in the very beginning Carver writes "His wife died. So he was visiting the dead wife's relatives in Connecticut. He called my wife from his in-law's. Arrangements were made. He would come by train, a five hour trip, and my wife would meet him at the station." I feel he could have easily wrote "His wife died. As he was visiting his in-laws in Connecticut he phoned my wife making arrangements to pick him up at the train station." I also notice he used one word sentences just to get his thought across. For example, after Carver breaks down how much the blind man gets from his dead wife's life insurance he writes, "Pathetic." There was a few others but I guess thats just the form of writing Carver was going for. What I understood from this story is that there will always be a first impression made on someone and at times, will be altered at the end once one gets to know that person a little better. The reason being is because the man was not comfortable with the blind guy coming over, let alone staying the night. After smoking cannabis and going through that intense moment when they were drawing the cathedral together, the man felt comfortable with the blind man. It shows how one can learn from someone dispite their age or disablity.