Raymond Carver made a significant impact on American Literature throughout his time. His respect from the people came from his short stories and poetry, which renowned Raymond Carver. His style and themes demonstrate postmodern society, and some critics consider Carver as the pioneer of minimalism. Raymond Carver’s work focuses on dull, everyday life. Exploring this aspect of life, Carver makes something from absolutely nothing, culling strong emotion, without it ever existing. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Little Things”, it starts out as just an everyday life with “the snow melting into the dirty water” and the “cars slushing by on the street outside, where it was getting dark”, but then all of a sudden, it becomes “dark on the inside…show more content… As you read this story, the scene in your head seems very dark, sad, and also calm, like his short story “Little Things”. For instance, whenever Arlene Miller leaves the key to the Stones house inside of it, Billy says “don’t worry. For God’s sake, don’t worry” (Carver 4), and to me, that seems extremely calm. Unlike myself, rather than freaking out, Billy managed to stay cool and collected, which shows his emotions at an all time minimal. Also, Billy “opened the closet and selected a Hawaiian shirt” (Carver 3) from the Stones house, and began trying on many of their outfits. To me, this also sounds very calm and unworried, because his thoughts occur in the moment of time, rather than the future, which the opportunity in the future consists of the Stones arriving at their own home. The nerve wracking feeling, in the bottom of my stomach, intends to exist if I ever went into someone else’s house and tried on all of their clothes, and drank or ate any of the items that they owned, which I never intend to do, because that leaves a scary feeling going through my body. This creates an impact on the person reading the short story because they stand on their toes wondering about the next thing to happen. The constant fear of wondering if the Stones return to their home while Billy, or Arlene, remain there, creates a great suspension for the
