Jealous of his wife's affection toward Robert and unaware of the emotional connection they share, the narrator is not eager to welcome the man into his home. "I wasn't enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed." (pg 1). He lives his life very narrowly, only considering things that effect him directly. He dismissed his wife's emotional companion over the years because he seemed like an irrelevant and distant idea of her past, not one of her very good friends that she confided in. His lack of recongnition toward Robert as an individual creates an underlying barrier between the two, blocking any connection that they could have. As their walls begin to break down and they spend more time together, the narrator shifts his regards toward
Jealous of his wife's affection toward Robert and unaware of the emotional connection they share, the narrator is not eager to welcome the man into his home. "I wasn't enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed." (pg 1). He lives his life very narrowly, only considering things that effect him directly. He dismissed his wife's emotional companion over the years because he seemed like an irrelevant and distant idea of her past, not one of her very good friends that she confided in. His lack of recongnition toward Robert as an individual creates an underlying barrier between the two, blocking any connection that they could have. As their walls begin to break down and they spend more time together, the narrator shifts his regards toward