Popular Mechanics Raymond Carver Essay

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The Story “Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver shows style and specializes on minimalist style. Minimalist style means a style that is very minimal and very scarce. In this story Raymond Carver gives you very little information about the background of the couple and why they are fighting they way that they are. You are just dropped into the middle of the argument with them saying that they need to leave and she is happy about leaving. He left you to infer what you think could be the cause of the separation or the fight. Based on personal history or knowledge each person will infer and think about the situation differently. With inferring and making your own assumptions and the little details about the characters you can start to put together details. Each character you start to understand more and more about, and can see each point of view. …show more content…

The first moment of what each character wants beside the other to be gone is when the male protagonist tries and takes the picture of the baby and the female protagonist says no. “Bring that back, he said” (page 269), not allowing him to have a simple pictures. At this moment him wanting something simple he goes to an extreme and wants to take the actual baby. Without being given actual details about his anger you can tell that he is angry and wants to hurt her more than he wants anything. “I want the baby, he said” (page 269), he was firm in what he wanted without saying what he meant by his wants. What he wanted was to her to be hurt and for her to suffer more than actually wanting to be a full-time

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