In “Cathedral”, the two settings actually take place in the same physical space – the narrator's house. The cathedral was originally a place that meant nothing to the narrator, and it was only something that appeared on television. It then transformed into the space that existed in the narrator's imagination. However, this is the space where Robert and the narrator can truly communicate. At the end of the story, Carver actually pointed out that the narrator was in his house, but it felt like he wasn't inside anything. The cathedral, a symbol of freedom and limitless imagination, blends into the narrator's life and he then sees his life less limited by prejudices and prejudices. In this case, the two parameters