Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Cathedral - Dont judge a book by its cover!

As much as I wasn't looking forward to reading this because it is  long and I figured it would be boring, I actually ended up liking it. It is a classic story of "don't judge a book  by its cover". At first, the narrative character came off as selfish, judgmental, jealous and inconsiderate. He didn't like the fact that his wife had invited a man, a blind man, into their home to stay even though the man needed they're help because his wife had died. He thought that the blind man would be an inconvenience and would be a stereotypical blind man.
As the story progresses you learn that the he warms up to Robert and learns that he is fun to be around and he even says how he enjoys his company. They spend time together and end up developing a great friendship. I think that this is a great story for anyone to read. It really shows that if you are too judgmental and don't see people for who they really are than you may never know what they have to offer.