The Cathedral Option #4

During the short story the main character is cautious of the blind man. He doesn't understand him. He tries to be kind, because the blind man is his wife's friend. As the night goes on he inquires about if the man can picture a cathedral in his head. The man tells him what he knows, but that he can't really make a mental picture. The old man asks him to draw it for him on think paper so he can feel what it looks like. As they draw the old man encourages him to keep going even though he doesn't think he can draw well. As they draw together they form a sort of bond, and he begins to get a semi-understanding on what's it like to be blind. At the end when the blind man asks him to look at it, he doesn't want to open his eyes. He's says it's really something, because he is enjoying the sensation of being blind, if only for a while. They become temporarily equals and he is happy.