This was probably one of the weirdest articles we have read yet. And by weird I mean more along the lines of unexpected or different. When I read I usually try to guess whats going to happen next, or to analyze what is happening and make predictions. With this article I was completely off. For one I didnt anticipate the weed smoking, that was a curveball. But I also thought the ending was very unexpected.
The narrators attitude from the beginning was a little odd. He was so against the blind man, almost condescending towards him. I feel like most people would be more apprehensive if a blind man was coming to stay with them as opposed to feeling angered or inconvieneced. He also appeared to be sliightly jealous of the blind man and his wife. He kept referencing their interactions. As I read I thought that this condescending and angered feeling would turn into respect and understanding at the end. That suddenly the narrator would be illuminated and realize he was wrong about the blind man because he said something or made an interesting point.
So I was looking for this quote that would turn the narrator into a more accepting man, and it never came. The surprise was that the blind man didnt have to explain anything to the narrator, he inadvertently showed him that he was wrong. By making the narrator draw the cathedral and then the narrator not wanting to open his eyes right away, it seems like the narrator has a new found respect for the blind man. That his condescending demeanor is almost in awe of the feelings that the blind man has daily.
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