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After much build-up, the narrator and Robert finally meet, thus introducing the central conflict of the story. Robert is amicable: he gives the narrator a friendly handshake and gives him a familiar, warm greeting. The narrator on the other hand is somewhat cold and stumbles to respond. This difference is notable in that it shows how dissimilar the two men are. The interaction highlights Robert’s intimate, empathetic nature and the narrator’s closed-off mentality, which is transformed at the end of the story through the experience of drawing a cathedral with Robert.
The narrator’s wife’s positive and excited attitude is also…