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Examples Of Judgement In Cathedral

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Judgement is a decision or opinion that many people form. Everyday people are judging other people and they treat other people based off their judgement. This becomes a conflict when people start judging disable people. When someone see’s a disable person and assumes they can’t do certain things that normal people can do. Judging somebody buy their disability is a major theme in the short stories “Cathedral” and “The Life You Save Maybe Your Own” and also in my own life. The short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver depicts the judgement of a disable person. In the story the narrator judges his wife friend Robert for being blind. When the narrator found out that Robert was coming over he said, “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eyed dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to”(1). The narrator judge Robert based off of his disability. He created an opinion of him solely based off the fact that Robert was blind. He decided that he wouldn’t like him and that he’ll be uncomfortable around him without even meeting him in person. The narrator believes that because Robert is …show more content…

The main character named Tom Shiftlet has half of his arm missing. This makes the old women think he is a good person that she can manipulate. “Although the old women lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen Mr.Shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of”(1). The old women assume that that Tom Shiftlet was an innocent man. She judge him just because he was disable and later finds out that it was a mistake. The actions of the old women judgement lead into her trusting Shiftlet and Shiftlet taking advantage of her. She end up losing a lot of money by trusting Tom

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