1. Explain the irony that shapes the story
At first, the narrator is apprehensive about having a blind man in his home. He seems to not understand how one would live if he were blind, or how different their lives would be, or how similar. As the story progresses, the narrator warms up to Robert and he begins to include him in his activities. When Robert asks the narrator to help him draw a cathedral, he agrees and seems to put his heart and soul into helping the blind man. After closing his eyes, he is put into the position of being blind, and still has to complete a simple task which usually requires seeing. Robert ends up teaching the narrator that seeing isn't everything, and the narrator learns how Robert learns things. While he was trying to teach the blind man about what is it like to see cathedrals, the narrator ends up learning what it is like to not see them...what it is like to have to feel them.
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3) Depth of thought, either in asking insightful questions(not rhetorical ones) or insightful comments that illustrate complexity of the text
4) Evidence from the text that supports your insights and not plot summary
5) You avoid summarizing the plot, rather use the plot to illustrate your point.
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