Plot Summary The narrator's wife used to work for a blind man called Robert whose wife has recently died, and he's coming to visit the narrator and his wife. ... On her last day on the work she let Robert touch her face, and then she wrote a poem about it. Much later showed it to the narrator when they began going out though he didn't like the poem (Shmoop Editorial Team). ...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Plot Summary "Cathedral" opens with the narrator telling the reader in a conversational tone that a blind friend of his wife's is coming to visit them. ... Summary The narrator, or storyteller, of Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" opens by saying, "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, he was on his way to spend the night." ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School