The Cathedral

The Cathedral

The part of the story I did not understand is why the lady’s ( add her name if possible) husband called her friend’s (add name if you can) late wife a Negro. It seems to me that her husband seemed a little prejudice. ( Here would be a great place to add a text reference of him acting in a prejudice way) I really believe that her husband did not want the races to mix. The story was made in 1981 at that time the majority of people were not into the races mixes together. (You also say that in that point in time people were coming out of an era of racism) I believe that the husband was brought up that way, (what way? Explain more) in some ways he might been jealous of her friendship with the blind guy.

*Good start, but I think you could ease into it more, you have a lot of time to explain your ideas. Add some more to the beginning and end so that the reader has more of an idea of what your thought process is.

After I read that part of the story I wonder why he thought that the blind man's late wife was black because of her name. (Maybe you could say “ After reading this short story a question arouse to me, why would the husband believe the blind mans wife was African American just by her name.” You should then go on to say what the name is, and you could easily add more references to our history concerning racism.) The husband needs to find a way to realize that calling a black person a Negro is very insensitive and cruel. The times are changing, and he needs to learn to respect the times and the different cultures.

*Strong paragraph, just take more time to develop your ideas about culture. Why is culture important to you? Does it help you relate to the story? Does it affect the way you read the story?

In order to understand his thought process I decided to read on to see if the lady's husband was really prejudice. (Since your writing on the subject, its already assumed that you’ve read the whole story, so you don’t really need to say you read on.) While I was reading the story the husband didn’t seem to be to that prejudice, because I looked carefully at the words