ub has been placed is that he must entertain a blind man who is an old friend of his wife's. We expect that he will not go out of his way to entertain the blind man, but neither will he be so rude as to annoy his wife. He lives up to these expectations during dinner and while his wife is still in the room. However, things begin to change. When Bub's wife leaves the room, Bub suggests to the blind man that they smoke marijuana. The suggestion is certainly contrary to the reader's expectations, but the blind man agrees to it. The act of smoking marijuana brings the two men closer. Bub, for the first time, admits that he is "glad for the [blind man's] company" (Carver 230).
The blind man, however, also becomes a source of education for Bub. Our introduction to Bub's character led us to believe he would never believe he could learn anything from a blind man. But at the end of the story when the blind man asks Bub to draw a cathedral, Bub finally learns there is much about himself and the world he does not know. Bub's drawing of the cathedral under the blind
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