When thinking of family many think of relatives and people relatable by blood or by marriage and even more so now friends are also being implemented for or into families. Many however take their family and friends for granted they are our backbone and most stick behind us throughout our lives. We may think of our family as embarrassing at times or our friends and families may get on our nerves by saying something we didn’t want to hear but in reality they just want the best for us. Most of the time it takes someone a while to realize this because their judgement is clouded by an obstacle in their way. This occurs in Lila Quintero Weaver’s graphic novel “Darkroom: A memoir in black and white” whenever Lila an Argentine-American and her family come to America and her judgement becomes obscured on what…show more content… Being old friends she has know Robert longer than she has known her current husband. At the beginning the unnamed narrator is jealous, insensitive, and very quick to judge “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed”. (Carver) The narrators negative attributes make his character unable to clearly see past the fact that just because Robert is truly blind doesn’t mean that he can’t see in his own way. However, when Beulah is asleep the narrator and Robert begin to watch a documentary on Cathedrals robert not being able to see asks if the narrator can explain to him how they look. The narrator unable to explain a cathedral to Robert is asked to grab a pen and paper so they may draw it together. Through this experience with Robert the narrator's eyes are opened and starts to see past what he could not see before. One could argue that through the experience the narrator forms a closer bond with his wife and Robert. By doing this he forms in a sense their own type of
