![]() It is possible that the narrator remains insecure about his wife’s first husband, just as he is insecure about her relationship with Robert. It is interesting, that though he has the opportunity to tell the reader the first husband’s name, he never does. Just as the narrator is jealous of his wife’s connection or relationship with Robert, the reader also suspects that he is also jealous of his wife’s first husband. For the first time he is seeing, rather than looking. This is ironic as later in the story it will be through Robert’s guidance that the narrator begins to see things in a fresh light or as some critics might suggest, it is at the end of the story that the narrator finally opens his eyes to the world around him. The narrator also appears to have a very limited viewpoint on blindness. If anything the narrator views Robert’s visit as an inconvenience. Not only is he displeased with the fact that Robert is visiting but the reader also senses that in some ways the narrator is also jealous of the connection that his wife has with Robert. ![]() ![]() ![]() Taken from his collection of the same name the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed man and from the beginning of the story the reader realises how detached the narrator is. ![]() In Cathedral by Raymond Carver we have the theme of jealousy, insecurity, isolation, detachment and connection. ![]()
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