Cathedral mind map is Fiction based Short Story. "Cathedral," by Raymond Carver, begins with an internal monologue in which the narrator confesses his reluctance to host Robert, a blind man who is a friend of the narrator's wife. The narrator recalls the circumstances that led to his wife and Robert becoming friends. "Cathedral" is a story about an unhappy guy who learns new ways of seeing after the meeting his wife's blind acquaintance. It's a narrative about three people who desperately need each other and manage to connect beneath the surface.
"Cathedral" is a story about an unhappy guy who learns new ways of seeing after meeting his wife's blind friend. In the Catholic or Roman Catholic tradition, the term cathedral correctly applies only to a church that houses the seat of the bishop of a diocese. The abbey church of a territorial abbey serves the same function (that is, houses the seat of the abbot), but does not acquire the title.
In any other jurisdiction canonically equivalent to a diocese but not the canonically erected as such (prelature, vicariate, ordinariate, prefecture, apostolic administration), the church that serves this function is correctly called the "principal church" of the respective entity—though some have coopted the term of the cathedral anyway. The Catholic Church also uses the following the terms.
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Cathedral
Overview
Set in a modest suburban home in the 1970s-80s, "Cathedral provides a look into a marriage that has fallen into a routine of drink, drugs, and avoidance of intimacy. When the wife's longtime friend and confidant—a man who is blind—visits, he causes jealousy and disrupts the prevailing mood in an unexpected way.
Main Characters
Beulah
Robert's recently deceased wife
Air Force Officer
The wife's first husband
Robert
Outgoing, kind, and curious blind man; captures the narrator's interest and respect
The Narrator
Bored, cynical, and detached; jealous of wife's friendship with the blind man
The Wife
Sensitive, introspective, and kind; values friendship with blind man
Themes
Communicate
Taking time to connect fosters strong relationships; a lack of effort harms them.
Loneliness
Each character is coping with feelings of isolation, with varying degrees of success.
Friendship
A strong bond can mean the difference between hope and despair.
Numbering
10
Minimum number of drafts Carver wrote of each of his short stories
1984
Year Carver's short story collection Cathedral was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
18
Months it took Carver to write the stories in the collection Cathedral
1993
Year in which Robert Altman's film Short Cuts premiered, based on nine of Carver's stories and one poem
Motifs
Technology
Audio tapes and the telephone help maintain a friendship; TV substitutes for interpersonal communication.
Drugs & Alcohol
The narrator and his wife drink alcohol and smoke cannabis to fill the void in their relationship.
Author
RAYMOND CARVER 1938-88
Carver wrote about the people he knew best: ordinary Americans like his parents—people who are trudging through lives filled with broken dreams, failed relationships, alienation, alcoholism, and loneliness. "Cathedral," unlike many of his stories with ambiguous, bleak endings, offers a glimmer of hope for its characters.
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Cathedral
Overview
Main Characters
Themes
Set in a modest suburban home in the 1970s-80s, "Cathedral provides a look into a marriage that has fallen into a routine of drink, drugs, and avoidance of intimacy. When the wife's longtime friend and confidant—a man who is blind—visits, he causes jealousy and disrupts the prevailing mood in an unexpected way.
Beulah
Robert's recently deceased wife
Air Force Officer
The wife's first husband
Robert
Outgoing, kind, and curious blind man; captures the narrator's interest and respect
The Narrator
Bored, cynical, and detached; jealous of wife's friendship with the blind man
The Wife
Sensitive, introspective, and kind; values friendship with blind man
Communicate
Taking time to connect fosters strong relationships; a lack of effort harms them.
Loneliness
Each character is coping with feelings of isolation, with varying degrees of success.
Friendship
A strong bond can mean the difference between hope and despair.
Numbering
Motifs
Author
10
Minimum number of drafts Carver wrote of each of his short stories
1984
Year Carver's short story collection Cathedral was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
18
Months it took Carver to write the stories in the collection Cathedral
1993
Year in which Robert Altman's film Short Cuts premiered, based on nine of Carver's stories and one poem
Technology
Audio tapes and the telephone help maintain a friendship; TV substitutes for interpersonal communication.
Drugs & Alcohol
The narrator and his wife drink alcohol and smoke cannabis to fill the void in their relationship.
RAYMOND CARVER 1938-88
Carver wrote about the people he knew best: ordinary Americans like his parents—people who are trudging through lives filled with broken dreams, failed relationships, alienation, alcoholism, and loneliness. "Cathedral," unlike many of his stories with ambiguous, bleak endings, offers a glimmer of hope for its characters.
Cathedral
Overview
Set in a modest suburban home in the 1970s-80s, "Cathedral provides a look into a marriage that has fallen into a routine of drink, drugs, and avoidance of intimacy. When the wife's longtime friend and confidant—a man who is blind—visits, he causes jealousy and disrupts the prevailing mood in an unexpected way.
Main Characters
Beulah
Robert's recently deceased wife
Air Force Officer
The wife's first husband
Robert
Outgoing, kind, and curious blind man; captures the narrator's interest and respect
The Narrator
Bored, cynical, and detached; jealous of wife's friendship with the blind man
The Wife
Sensitive, introspective, and kind; values friendship with blind man
Themes
Communicate
Taking time to connect fosters strong relationships; a lack of effort harms them.
Loneliness
Each character is coping with feelings of isolation, with varying degrees of success.
Friendship
A strong bond can mean the difference between hope and despair.
Numbering
10
Minimum number of drafts Carver wrote of each of his short stories
1984
Year Carver's short story collection Cathedral was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
18
Months it took Carver to write the stories in the collection Cathedral
1993
Year in which Robert Altman's film Short Cuts premiered, based on nine of Carver's stories and one poem
Motifs
Technology
Audio tapes and the telephone help maintain a friendship; TV substitutes for interpersonal communication.
Drugs & Alcohol
The narrator and his wife drink alcohol and smoke cannabis to fill the void in their relationship.
Author
RAYMOND CARVER 1938-88
Carver wrote about the people he knew best: ordinary Americans like his parents—people who are trudging through lives filled with broken dreams, failed relationships, alienation, alcoholism, and loneliness. "Cathedral," unlike many of his stories with ambiguous, bleak endings, offers a glimmer of hope for its characters.
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