So Much Water So Close to Home By Raymond Carver Raymond Carver 1939-1988 Raymond Carver (United States) is one of the world’s most respected writers of short fiction. The motto for his fiction might be: “I’ve seen some things.” “So Much Water” was adapted to a screen play by Australian Andrew Bovill and then directed in an Australian film by Ray Lawrence (“Jindabyne”). The Story Four buddies – Stuart‚ the husband of the narrator Claire; Gordon Johnson; Mel Dorn; and Vern Williams – encounter
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In Raymond Carver?s short story So Much Water So Close To Home it begins with Claire the narrator‚ describing her husband the main character of the story Stuart Kane. Claire is a very eloquent speaker and usually can?t agree with Stuart so she keeps to herself. Stuart and three of his friends Gordon Johnson‚ Mel Dorn‚ and Vern Williams had planned a fishing trip to the Naches River just like they usually do every spring. How ever the events that would happen on this trip would affect Stuart?s and
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for all those around you. It gives you the strength and sets a standard that will positively make you feel and live better. Knowledge and individual power help you make better decisions and guide you toward justice in daily life. I read “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver‚ “Crazy Courage” by Alma Luz Villanueva and “Much madness is divinest sense” by Emily Dickinson. After reading‚ I went online to get some concept of what others were expressing on the topic. The website that published Lauren Axelrod’s work
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Wrong At the beginning of Raymond Carver’s story “Popular Mechanics‚” the tone is anger and aggression. It begins when the man is packing his suitcase and his wife simply stares. The reader notices the physical distance between the couple and it seems very clear that the wife is pleased that her husband is leaving. The physical distance with the wife at the entrance of the room and the husband at the side of the bed shows that the two no longer wish to be together. Carver opens the story with the
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to leave the reader hanging. In Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics‚” he causes the reader to wonder. Carver uses ambiguity throughout his work in several different ways causing the reader to speculate. {you need to be specific in your thesis statement… “carver uses ambiguity throughout his work—setting‚ characterization‚ conflict‚ conclusion—to cause the reader to speculate” actually state the areas you will discuss in the paper as part of your thesis} Carver first uses ambiguity right at the
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feeling can differ greatly between individuals‚ and the meaning of love is no different. In “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚” Raymond Carver weaves a tale of two couples examining what love is. While Carver doesn’t reveal any great truths about what love is‚ he does make a statement about the nature of true love. Carver makes the point that modern‚ on-again‚ off-again relationships have little to do with love. True love is about needing someone so badly that it’s
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Tell the women we’re going Analysis of the Raymond Carver short story In my analysis of “Tell the women we’re going”‚ I have chosen to write a brief resume of the short story. Afterwards I will analyze the relationship between men and women and discuss how the story relates to the frontier theme‚ and how the wilderness is depicted. Furthermore I have used the Hollywood model to analyze the short story. I believe that the short story is very suitable to this type of analysis‚ because his style
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After analyzing Raymond Carver’s "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚" it is easy to see that there are several different ideas concerning true love that the characters in the story are in dispute over. Terri’s idea of real love is the most valid out of the group at the table. All of the members of the group are rather confused as to what real love is. Terri is included as one of the confused. However‚ I believe that she is the closest to understanding what love is. A key piece of evidence
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Intake: April 2013 Qeustion: In the story titled Elephant‚ how does Raymond Carver focus on the elephant literally and figuratively? “The writing style of Raymond Carver’s short story entitled “Elephant” represent a simplistic‚ yet strong style of writing that is reminiscent of the great work of Earnest Hemmingway. There are several ways in which the writing style within Elephant harkens back to the stylistics of Hemmingway. Carver always goes straight to the point; like Hemmingway he focuses on
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story “THEY’RE NOT YOUR HUSBAND” by Raymond Carver‚ who is known by his minimalistic writing. The short story “They are not your husband” begins in medias res‚ which mean you get very little background information. The short story if told over a few weeks‚ it’s told along with Doreen weight loss. The story is also told in a chronology aspect. And the story itself ends with an open ending‚ which is typical for Raymond Carver’s type of writing. Raymond Carver is known by his minimalistic writing
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