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The Most Effective Literary Element in “Cathedral� and Reasons for its Effectiveness
Raymond Carver uses the literary elements of characterization and point of view to make Cathedral an effective story. While Cathedral appears to just be a story about a visit between two old friends and the narrator, I see it as a journey between two men which shows the audience that it is possible to break personal barriers and stereotypes. Cathedral’s main characters are the narrator, his wife, and Robert the blind man, with the focus of the story on the relationships of the couple with Robert. While the wife is always found of Robert, Raymond Carver takes us through various scenarios of prejudice, jealously, and indifference involving the narrator and Robert.
In the very first paragraph of Cathedral you get the first look at the narrator’s distaste for the upcoming visit with the blind man, “A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to� (1156). On various......

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