American Literature / Unit 18 AML 1730 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Cathedral"
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The idea
"Cathedral" gives its title to the nineteen eighty-three collection, and the anchor says Carver's stories reflect his own life in their heavy drinking, financial trouble and marital difficulty. The story's turn comes when a sighted man and a blind man draw a cathedral together.
In practice
Two men, one pencil, one cathedral.
Where people slip
The change happens to the narrator, not the guest.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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