The Flowerpot Setting

Similarly, Frost also uses descriptive adjectives to portray a significant moment in time, which creates imagery for the reader. In “Stopping by a Woods on a Snowy Evening” Frost uses the rule of three by listing the adjectives “lovely, dark and deep”. This, along with the alliteration in “dark and deep” creates a powerful image of the woods. By doing this, Frost is being metaphorical as the woods themselves represent solidarity and peace “He will not see me here” the personal pronoun “he” meaning society or God. Essentially, Frost is saying that when one steps out of life’s routine, it can be “lovely, dark and deep” which comes across as mysterious and unusual. It could also be said that because the three adjectives used are simple, they can be accessible for anyone to relate to.

As the story progresses, the readers see a falling out of that marriage for obvious reasons.

The Winter is the opposite of summer, during the winter not only does the winter change but the town's appearance. The houses that once looked artificial were exposed and looked abandoned. “Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie...The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops...they are so much more uglier then when their angles were softened by vines and

Compared to the extravagant and enigmatic writing style that a lot of authors prefer, Carver chooses to employ a minimalist style in “Everything Stuck to Him”, which means his sentences are devoid of elaborate details, explanations,

Hawthorne describes a cold and gray day.  This description gives the reader a sense of isolation as well as slight depression.  However, the mention of a slight breeze that ruffles the canopy of the forest just enough to let in little flickers of sunshine conveys a fleeting ray of hope that seems to coexist with the gloominess in the scene.  In many scenes during the book, moods or prevailing feelings are established through descriptions of the natural surroundings of the characters.  This aspect of Hawthorne's writing makes the book deeper and more emotional.

Regarding structure, the story is told in third person by a narrator who tells the events as seen or remembered by a character. The language used by Bellow is simple. The major part of the story is formed by many short and, sometimes, incomplete sentences and phrases. However, those few words are enough to understand what is going on: "Winter.

Moreover, Carver uses first person point of view to describe the narrator’s life and the meaning of the cathedral to him. Through the first person point of view given to the narrator and one of the main characters of the story, Carver is able to portray a narrator who is jealous and insecure of himself. The narrator’s

Carver uses foreshadowing as a prominent element in this story. There are many examples of foreshadowing throughout the story. The first time the reader gets to see obvious foreshadowing is when the woman picks up the picture of the baby off the bed where the man is packing his belongings. “Then she noticed the baby’s picture on the bed and picked it up. He looked at her and she wiped her eyes and stared at him before turning and going back to the living room” (277). This small detail foreshadows that physical altercation that the couple will go through with the baby. The last big foreshadow that the reader gets is when the couple knocks over the flower pot. “The baby was red-faced and screaming. In the scuffle they knocked own a flowerpot that hung behind the stove” (277). This is very brief and only mentioned in this sentence. But this is the foreshadowing of the relationship that is broken, or even worse the baby being broken along with the relationship. While there are details at the beginning on the story, there are smaller things that can easily be looked over but are very important. The characters in this story, since it is minimalist fiction, are not ever given names. The characters are always just referred to as; the man, the woman, and the baby. The audience never finds out why the couple is breaking

The author seems as if he is distancing himself from the story. The main reason I believe this is his lack of detail and overuse of simple sentences. It’s like he is telling a painful story he doesn’t want to tell. This analysis is further supported by Carver’s own history of physical abuse from his father (Hall, 2009, para. 6). Therefore, the author’s point of view aligns with morbid realism.

Raymond Carver writes his stories in a minimalistic manner to be free of any excess details and overly descriptive passages. By adhering to this particular style, Carver’s characters have very little personality or description of appearance. Minimalism is shown

Raymond Carver actually takes the reader through the 5 stages of grief within the short story.. When the reader first starts reading the story they will notice the woman telling the man “I’m glad you’re leaving! I’m glad you’re leaving!”. She tells a possible white lie, meaning she actually needs him, whilst in denial of this fact. When crying she expresses anger towards the man, swearing at him and mocking him. These emotions are mostly linked with anger. Once this finishes bargaining begins. She tries to bargain with the husband over the baby’s future home, whether it be hers, or his. This doesn’t work. Depression plays a major role within the text, as the entire tone can be considered depressing. With a dark and gloomy setting, and a family filled of sadness and hate towards each other. The final stage of the story and grief is acceptance. In the events that occur acceptance eventually arrives. Though involuntary, acceptance occurs in the end. “In this manner, the issue was decided”, when the reader analyse the text given here the reader finds that indeed, there was acceptance. Acceptance of the issue. Though vague,implication that one of the two (the husband or wife) will come to acceptance of the situation,exists within the

Carver describes the rooms and the physical environment that his characters inhibit in order to paint a picture. In his stories, the settings influence the theme and the actions of the characters. For example, the setting in the Popular Mechanics, was very dark; the author writes about snow that is not only dirty on the outside but on the inside as well. This directly correlates to the characters emotional status at that particular time in their relationship. The character’s relationship at one point resembles the white snow, which is perfect, pure and without impurities. Then as their relationship begins to end it becomes like the snow outside, dirty not only on the surface but on the inside as well.

The reader can infer that the father and mother got divorced, or separated, and that things have changed for the worse. Carver also doesn’t use quotations in the story. Instead, when there's dialogue, he uses “he said, she said” after a character talks. This is also quite different and makes the reader think as well. Most authors use quotation marks to show when the characters speak, so Carvers use of dialogue is different, therefore causing the reader to think and pay

Carver leaves out quotation marks during dialogue between the broken couple. Sentences are short, to the point, and may even seem choppy at times. For example, the female character is bursting full of emotion as if she were an erupting volcano that had been dormant for so long. She just keeps telling him over and over to get out of the house, which indicates she may not really want him to go. It seems like a cry for responsiveness, one last effort to catch his attention and get him to stay. While the woman is crying and hollering, the narrator uses one quick sentence to show us the conclusiveness of the relationship, “He did not answer” (np, Carver). In this one brief statement, the readers can infer that this man has not really been present in this relationship for a while; he has made his decision and nothing can reverse it. Minimalism includes these brief sentences to arouse emphasis or even to increase tension. The lack of quotation marks also has influence on the tension in the story. Since punctuation usually signals a pause in the story, Carver’s decision not to include quotation marks may signify the pace of the argument. Just like the sentences are short and to the point, so is this

Carver uses very few details in this story to make it more relatable to the reader. For instance, there are no names given the the man, woman, or child in the story. The absence of this details lets the reader put themselves in the shoes of the man, woman, or child while reading. There is an instance or hesitation or uncertainty when the man leaves the bedroom: “He fastened the suitcase, put on his coat, looked around the bedroom before turning off the light”(Carver). When the man looks back to the room, his hesitation implies that he is unsure about what decision to make, but when he shuts off the light, he is void of all feelings and has decided to fight. A similar situation happens to the woman in this story: “she wiped her eyes and stared at him before turning and going back to the living room”(Carver). When this woman looks at her spouse she is making sure that she wants to go through with fighting, and when she looks away she is determined to win the fight. These few details make it clear how selfish