Describe the narrator's attitude in "Cathedral."

The narrator of "The Cathedral" starts by describing the
imminent arrival of an old acquaintance of his wife.  The man, Robert, is blind, and the
narrator's wife used to read for him.  She knew Robert before she married the
narrator.

Before she and Robert said goodbye ten years
before, Robert asks to "read" her face with his fingers. This is a life-altering
experience for the narrator's wife, but the narrator has no understanding how this could
be of any significance.

There is no indication that there
was anything other than a platonic relationship between the Robert and the narrator's
wife.  Robert, in fact, has recently lost his wife, who he dearly loved, and is
traveling to visit with her family.

Basically, the narrator
is a childish brat.  He is unhappy about the impending visit, acting as if he is
jealous--and perhaps he is in that his wife and this "disabled" person have shared
something he, a healthy and whole person, had no part in, and cannot
appreciate.

The narrator is unsympathetic towards Robert's
plight, callously discussing how Robert's dead wife had to deal with a husband who could
not see her face.  The reader gets the sense that the narrator perceives himself as
someone superior to Robert, most particularly because of Robert's
infirmity.

When Robert arrives, the narrator has little to
say, as if sulking.

Next the narrator turns on the
television, an extremely rude and uncaring thing to do, not only in the presence of a
guest, but a blind one at that.  The narrator's wife is appalled and
embarrassed.

After his wife falls asleep, the narrator and
Robert continue to "watch" the TV.  The narrator describes what is on the screen until a
story appears about a cathedral.  The narrator is at a loss as to how to describe it
with words.

Robert suggests that the narrator get a pencil
and paper so "they" can draw. With the narrator's hand in place, Robert puts his hand on
top and follows the narrator's hand as he draws.

During
this time, Robert tell the narrator to close his eyes, and something dramatically
changes in the narrator.  Instead of being aware of the confines of his own house, the
walls and doors, the narrator has a sense of not being contained in anything, but being
open to the world.

The narrator's jealousy and hostility
toward Robert vanish. He understands life in a new and wonderful way, experiencing
something completely unique to what he has known of the world until now.  He is no
longer aware of Robert's blindness, and has hope that he may be able to change his
life.

The narrator's narrow-minded perceptions of, and
attitudes toward, Robert change dramatically throughout the story.  He starts out by
being "blind" in his own way, and through some miracle is given the rare gift of "sight"
regarding the things in life that really matter, and his entire attitude changes with
the possibilities of change that stand before him now.