Rhetorical Analysis Of Why Don T You Dance

Among so many short stories Raymond Carver wrote in the last century, Why Don’t You Dance would not be any special. The plot is simple and straight, just as the writer’s other works. A man looked at his frond yard and sipped the whiskey. A couple of girl and boy stopped by this yard sale. The man and the young kids met. Weeks later the girl recounted that day. The story can be clearly defined into four scenes. Without many rhetorical techniques, it is unfolded by characters’ dialogue and actions and Carver’s meticulous description of daily details, drawing pictures of ordinary people’s ordinary life.
However as a vanguard role in minimalism, Carver surely will not be satisfied with only a realistic story. He shows the readers little unadorned

The man comes back and met them. They have a drink and the man turns on the record player. Apparently, he likes this young couple. “This record player is going, too. Cheap. Make me an offer.” “Everything goes,” said the man. He wants the memory to disappear as soon as possible. Then they drink. They listen to the record and the man says, “why don’t you dance?” -- the title of this story. The boy shows a hesitation. “Dance with me,” the girl said to the boy and then to the man. What happens next makes the story more ambiguous. The man and the girl are dancing. They ignore the neighbors. "Those people over there, they're watching," she says. "It's okay," the man says. "It's my place," And a shady feeling sets up between them. “He felt her breath on his neck. ‘I hope you like your bed,’ he said. The girl closed and then opened her eyes. She pushed her face into the man's shoulder. She pulled the man closer. ‘You must be desperate or something,’ she said.” They may be drawn to each other. Maybe not. Probably the man likes the young couple because their youth and he used to be in love. Probably the girl was attracted by the desperation and artsy in him, which her boyfriend (husband) lacks. Carver didn’t write any more about what happened in the yard next and leaves us enough space to