![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrator has proven himself to be blind in his thoughts and ideas and this has made him mute in the company he’s keeping. ![]() When he turns the TV on, it is clear he does so out of boredom with the conversation and as a means of synthesizing some of the information he’s received regarding the blind man, simply by watching him. His concerns and ideas regarding the blind man seem completely unfounded and irrational, such as his surprise that a blind man might choose to wear a full beard, while his ideas regarding what to talk about remain hopelessly figured on the visual. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs.” The narrator quickly emerges as a man blinded by ignorance as he first wonders whether he should take a blind man bowling for entertainment or if his wife was black based upon her name, Beulah. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed. My idea of blindness came from the movies. He says, “And his being blind bothered me. The narrator admits from the very beginning of the story that he is nervous about having a blind man in his house, suggesting that he himself is actually quite blind to the reality of the world around him. ![]()
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