A Family Affair

Every year my family and I go to Glendive, MT to my grandparents house.  In high school I despised leaving while all my friends were in missoula for Thanksgiving.  Almost all of my dad's side of the family are usually there.  My parents always told me that I wouldn't have to go with them once I lived away from home, so last year I stayed in missoula while they all made the trek to Glendive.  I felt pretty guilty.  Then this year my dad got a new job and we were unable to travel because of it.  It wasn't a good time for me anyways considering my school work load, but I haven't seen my grandparents in two years now.  They are getting pretty old now, and I would feel awful if I never saw either of them again.  I hope to make a trip to see them before next year.  Everything aside, I had a good traditional Thanksgiving with my immediate family.  My dad cooked while my little brother and I played Mario Kart.  I hadn't seen much of them lately so the whole day was pretty nice.

Cathedral Narrator

The narrator of Cathedral has a genuine issue with blind people in the beginning of the story.  Throughout most of the story he has nothing but rude things to say of his wife's blind friend Robert.  He is completely unsympathetic towards the mans handicap and at times he seems to be angered by the disability.  The jealousy aspect is more fathomable to me but that doesn't seem to be his entire issue with Robert.  The third act of the story begins to change these emotions once the narrator's wife falls asleep and Robert asks him to describe the cathedrals.   As the night ages, the drunk and stoned men draw a cathedral together.  When Robert asks the narrator to close his eyes as he draws you can tell it is an enlightening experience for the character, and he understands the blind man much more.