In "Cathedral," by Raymond Carver, the narrative character strikes me in the beginning strikes me as a bigot. He is drawn to have the attitude that unless it is about him, it is not worth the thought. Early on in the story I was rather repulsed by his character, trying to figure out why his wife was with him to begin with. Upon meeting Robert, however, you start to see the character open up and become curious about blindness and begin asking questions out of curiosity.
The narrator's wife, a kind-hearted woman, was in the employ of Robert while she lived in Seattle. This is necessary information for the story. How else would we know how she had come to be friends with this man? Knowing this detail, we would do well to know about her relationship with her current husband, correct? To accomplish this, we must know of how honesty and openness play a role in their marriage. What better way to show this than to inform the reader that the husband knows everything of his wife's past, including information about her failed marriage to her high school sweetheart?
And now I realize I have answered more than one of the questions set out in the assignment. Ah well. Se le vive!
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