Are you looking?" (Carver 108). With his eyesstill closed, the man replied, "It's really something" (Carver108). The man had allowed himself to experience, even if just fora few minutes, what the blind man experienced every second of hislife. This, with the same man only a few hours ago he didn't wantin his house. Overcoming prejudices, fears, and misconceptions is onlypossible when you allow yourself to get close to a person thesefeelings are directed towards. By becoming close with Robert, theman in this story experienced what was necessary to gain anunderstanding of what life is like for the blind. The man beganto draw the cathedral to try and help Robert visualize what onelooked like. What he didn't realize at the time was that Robertwas helping him to visualize what blindness felt like....
