when blind eyes see

The Bell Jar
Essay written by Jen
In the literatures of Flannry O' Conner," Revelations;" and Cathedral," by Raymond Carver, the main characters are both blind as they go unaware of their own faults and imperfections. The narrator in "Cathedral" and the main character in "Revelation," Mrs. Turpin both have similar traits on how they see themselves as good people, but their actions and words differ from the image that is really visible.
Ruby Turpin is a spiritual critic, she measures all things and people by placing them in a balance weighing them accordingly to her standards. Before going to bed at night instead of praying she


They come to realize that they are not the perfect individuals they assumed they were.

at the beginning of the story and thenPeople's lives are sometimes measured by what they see shaped through their success and failure in their personal relationships with each other. The author Sylvia Plath demonstrates this in the novel, The Bell Jar. ...