Response To The Story Behind Cathedral

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The title to this story threw me off because when I think of the word “cathedral,” I think of a church filled with people whose ultimate goal, for most, is to live a life free of sin. I think that it was ironic that the characters were doing “sinful” things such as smoking marijuana. Also, the husband was very judgmental Robert. He judged him based on his past and also the fact that he was bind. I also think that the husband is jealous of Robert because of his past with the narrator’s wife. Smoking marijuana, judging, and jealously are all sins according to the church. Toward the end of the story, the narrator draws a cathedral on a piece of papers so that Robert could visualize it in his head. I think that the cathedral symbolizes sight

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