... a while. He says he thinks it is something he ought to do. The blind man asks him if he is looking, and the narrator explains, "My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn't feel like I was inside anything." Then he tells the blind man, "It's ... complying with Robert's wishes, the narrator finds himself in physical, intellectual, and emotional touch with the blind man. Through their shared imagination, the cathedral grows under their hands and behind their closed eyes. Style Narration and Point of View One of the most interesting features of "Cathedral" is Carv...

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

... years to have little or no eyesight, because the waters are so dark that they do not need the sense of seeing. Also, their eyes are on the top of their head, because they only need to see what is above them. These fish can be very small, and generally all fish at ... did not need good eyesight because I could use my other senses to find out where I was, what was going on around me, and where there was food. My eyes were very small, and I knew this would be a disadvantage as I swam higher and higher. Another factor against me was the pressure. I was used to a very high ... about this re...

• Word Count: 2853
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... some way or another. After narrowly escaping death, Nat goes around the house to make sure that he has properly boarded the windows. Outside the birds were trying their best to enter the house: scraping and tapping away. Nat was frantic to protect his family and decided that he could not take the risk of ... on their own. Their supplies were running out and so Nat goes to the farm with his family. The birds had gone now and were waiting on the tide again. When they got to the farm, Nat knew what he would find and so would not let his family go with him into the Triggs" house. He goes in...

• Word Count: 4431
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... some way or another. After narrowly escaping death, Nat goes around the house to make sure that he has properly boarded the windows. Outside the birds were trying their best to enter the house: scraping and tapping away. Nat was frantic to protect his family and decided that he could not take the risk of ... on their own. Their supplies were running out and so Nat goes to the farm with his family. The birds had gone now and were waiting on the tide again. When they got to the farm, Nat knew what he would find and so would not let his family go with him into the Triggs" house. He goes in...

• Word Count: 4405
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... Encarta Encyclopedia 2001. CD-ROM. Microsoft Electronic Publishing, 2001) We enter further into the story as the Prussians arrived, and they were billeted with the people of the area, according to their wealth and resources of each family. Because Mother Savage was known to "have money- she would be assigned four Prussian soldiers to ... without even knowing it. After dinner she sat by the fire to warm herself and the soldiers climbed up into the loft to go to sleep. Mother Savage then removes the ladder from the loft leaving the soldiers cut off, and then she begins to fill her ... she ...

• Word Count: 2584
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School