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Do moments of redemption come only to people who are worthy? Don’t be so sure. In Raymond Carver’s, “Cathedral” we see that this moment of vision is possible for any ordinary Joe. Carver’s regards on redemption are expressed clearly through a man who learns to see with his heart rather than a judging and jealous eye. Experiencing the company of a blind man allows him to perceive the world through other senses. This man has lived his life with the same routine for many years with his wife and only his wife. He has no friends that his wife can recall because of his inability to open up and his tendency to be non-communicative. Obvious to the reader, the marriage between the two is not going so well. When he speaks of his wife’s past, which includes a past marriage and attempted suicide, he is very unsympathetic. He knows she enjoyed writing poems and all he has to say is he, “didn’t think much of (them)”. In addition, the wife has a past friend that she still continues to have a great relationship with. This man is blind. Her husband can’t grasp why she would ever want a friendship with a man that he believes to be superior to. He has judged this man before ever meeting him simply because he has no sig