In Raymond Carver's story “Cathedral” the narrator learns what it means to “see” through someone he cannot. Seeing is being able to see things around us while putting aside preconceived notions or fears about these objects or people. For this to happen you need to overcome what feels out of the ordinary and learn to accept things as they are. At first the narrator does not accept the man and feels uncomfortable around Robert. The narrator soon comes to understand this when he puts aside his fears and judgments that he can see more than meets the eye and the freedom that comes from this seeing. Throughout the text the narrator is jealous or scared and has some idea of ​​what a blind person should look or be like. “I have never met or personally known anyone who was blind.” (pg.347) The narrator feels uncomfortable having a blind man in the house because he doesn't know how to deal with blind people in general. He doesn't feel comfortable making someone else feel comfortable when they don't know how to react. “A blind man in my house wasn't like that...