The "Blind" Husband in Carver's CathedralThe short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver is about a woman who has a blind friend who comes to visit her and her husband. Although the husband technically has normal vision, at the beginning of this story he is the one who is “blind.” Through the husband's words and actions when dealing with blind Robert, we can see that the husband does not "see" or understand what Robert's blindness means or how it changes or changes him. not as a human being. At first, Robert makes the husband very uncomfortable, because he does not know what to say or do in the presence of the blind visitor. As the story progresses, we can see a change in the husband; he seems to be able to see Robert as a person and not just as a blind man. An example of the husband being “blind” appears early in the story, before Robert arrives. When husband and wife talk about Robert, the husband usually calls him "that blind man" (1052), and he never uses Robert's name or attributes any human attributes to him. This shows that the husband does not really see Robert as a person, but simply as a blind man, different because he is disabled. When Robert arrives at the couple's house, the husband does not know what to say to him. Husband asks stupid questions about the view from the train: “Which side of the train are you sitting on?” (1055). The husband knows that Robert cannot see the sight, but he asks him these questions anyway. Additionally, the husband says to himself, "I didn't know what else to say" (1055), which clearly indicates that he does not know how to behave around Robert. These two quotes show that the husband doesn't know what to talk about with Robert because he only sees Robert's disability, instead of seeing him as a complete human being who has emotions, thoughts, ideas and beliefs . knows how to communicate with Robert, he doesn't know how to behave with him either. A good example of this, shown after dinner, is when the three of them enter the living room. This is how the husband describes what happens when they first enter the room: “Robert and my wife were sitting on the sofa.