"Cathedral" Raymond Carver

In this short story you find the narrator being the protagonist. His character is seen as a individual that is very judgemental to the other characters in the story. He doesn't seem to fond of his wife and is not to happy about her blind friend  (the antagonist) coming to stay with them for a few days. It seems that since the narrator hasn't any knowledge of blind people he comes off a little negative to the situation. The story takes a turn at the end when the narrator describes to the blind man the architecture of cathedrals, influenced by the television program he is watching. It is when the blind man gives the narrator the idea to get a piece of paper and has him close his eyes and draw while guiding the blind man's hand along the way. Once finished the narrator has an epiphany. He is taken back and gets the idea of how being blind does not eliminate the detailed visual one can gain from this technique. He realizes blind people are not as much in the dark as he thought. I think it was quit clever when Dr. Cassel stated in class, "who is really the blind one in this story?" I agree with this statement and feel that this story had an ironic meaning to it overall.