Raymond Carver's Everything Stuck To Him

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In the frame story “Everything Stuck to Him” by Raymond Carver, he uses specific language, symbolized setting, and developed indirect characterization, which draws inferences to the impact of the meaning and development of the story. Carver tried to show how working people’s lives are and an average couple’s struggle, which illustrated the distance of standard things and choices, which are a major part of life. Although Carver created different literary aspects which play a significant role in the overall story, it also demonstrates the author’s literary choices.
Critical language can affect the strength, and it reflects the outcome of the story. Carver uses words of coldness to illustrate the differences concerning the harshness of the real outside world and the tenderness …show more content…
Go on” (Carver).

Also, Carver uses literary devices such as foreshadowing the baby’s cries to make believe something wrong is about to happen. “ In bed, they tried to read. But both of them fell asleep, she first, letting the magazine sink to the quilt. It was the baby’s cries that woke him up” (Carver). The baby kept on crying foreshadows something was wrong with her. Carver uses minimalistic writing to force the reader to think and draw conclusions from the information that Carver provides.
Also, the setting of the story will show a sudden change in the story. The story begins in Milan, Italy with the father and daughter sitting and drinking together. The atmosphere created seems distant and reminiscent, as it appears the two are not close. Then, it changes in the flashback to the small apartment the couple lives in. The new setting creates a tense and stressful mood, as the pair’s marriage seems strained because of how they are not getting much sleep due to the baby and are on edge with each other. Carver tells the reader that the baby came along during the coldness of November and the arrival of the baby will cause a noticeable change in the parent's
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