Flannery O' Connor

1. At the end of Cathedral, the narrator has an epiphany. How would you describe it? How does it relate to the theme of the story?
People have stereotypical images, either good or bad, about certain people with different characteristics, people with different cultures, race, or religion, or people with disabilities. The same is true with Bub, the narrator of Cathedral by Raymond Carver. The entire story of Cathedral is symbolic based on the fact that Bub gradually changes his stubborn and jealous manners towards the blind man.
Bub initially has a strong aversion to his wife's blind friend, Robert, who comes over to his house to spend the night. "He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me." However, at the end of the story his attitude toward the blind man is completely inverted. Bub comes to an understanding of the blind man. As the title indicates, it seems that Bub's revelation is more or less sudden when the Cathedral appears on TV and Bub starts drawing a picture of ...