“Love between man and man is impossible because there must
not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and women is impossible
because there must be sexual intercourse”.
MR. Duffy loneliness was part of what made him a cold
hearted and isolated person. His attempt to get to meet Mrs. Sinico was a clear
sign that he liked her. They seem to have a connectivity because practically they
were both lonely. Mr. Duffy isolated himself from society’s problems, while
Mrs. Sinico was left alone by her husband because he was always away and her
daughter out giving music lessons. So as timed passed in the story and the more
they got to be with each other and enjoy each other’s company, the more they
were falling in love with each other, which is perfectly normal for two people
who live a lonely live to find a companion, friend and a lover in each other. But
all indicates that Mr. Duffy’s conscience didn't let him continue with their
relationship. Mostly because he might have had a sense of guiltiness because he
knew that Mrs. Sinico had a family and also because it seems that all he ever
wanted was a friend, but intercourse had completely changed the concept.
In cathedral there are a series of
events that address love and friendship, Carver chose to write in dialog and narrating
format to making the story more interesting as you read it. At the beginning of
the story I thought that Robert would end up having an affair with Bub’s wife because
of the way Bub describes Robert at the beginning of the story. It all indicates
that Robert and the wife were very intimate friends and they seemed to have no
secrets whatsoever. Bub seemed little jealous every time his wife talked about
Robert and even more now that he’s going to be sleeping in their house. As the
story progresses I started to think that Bub wasn't uncomfortable with Robert
sleeping in his house, but with the idea that Robert was blind and that he didn't
understand Robert’s way of seeing the world. After they met Robert and Bub
spent the night together getting to know each other and eventually forming a
friendship. Bub understood what it was like to be blind at the end of the story
when Robert asked Bub to draw with him the cathedral they've seen on TV, with
his eye closed.
The third story talks about Mrs. Mallard
who receives the news that her husband had dies in an accident, she locked
herself in the room thinking to herself what her life would be without her
husband now that he is gone. At first I thought she would've been devastated,
but as the story progresses I can see that she was waiting for a moment like
this to happen because with her husband alive she wasn't free. And she had to
be slaved to him for the rest of her life, even though he was her husband she
did not love him anymore and the author mentions that she did not love him most
of the time. Mallard had her sister and Richards worried about her health, but
they didn't know she was feeling a joy inside her now that her husband is dead.
Unluckily for her, her husband shows up at the door and she suffers from heart disease
due to joy that kills.
These three stories have a lot in
common, they all describe relationships between humans. Not necessarily love
relationships but friendships as well, and these relationships happened when
they least expected.
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