What I Talk About When I Talk About Carver
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SummarySome might insist that Raymond Carver’s short stories prove hopelessly post-modern—and that may be. However, his work remains the first that ever pulled me out of the writing into a deep pondering of the reality he creates in junction with the kind of people that compose the society in which I live. For the first time in my reading career, I became a collaborator….
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- Raymond Carver portrays a minimalist world, stripping his language and characters of the flowery details that detract from bare human nature
- In the story Why Don't You Dance, Carver uses a combination of ambiguity and familiarity to make something ordinary new
- In contrast, the girl is as passive as the language used to describe her and her story
- It is no coincidence that Carver's story involves the giving away of material possessions
- The characters in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love dwell on their realizations for longer
- Although Mel's statement seems inappropriate, they are in too much denial to respond
- Raymond Carver's stories beg the question: why create characters in hopeless vacillation?
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