Raymond Carver's Story: The Portrayal of the American Suburbs

Raymond Carver's Story
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May 6, 2020
Raymond Carver's story is perhaps one of the most interesting stories when it comes to an understanding of the social conditions of suburban America. Particularly, his works espouse the idea of what it is like to live in the suburbs, using a dialogue type conversation between the characters in the story. In this article, some of these characterizations of the suburbs would be discussed.
One of the main depictions of life in the suburbs in Carver's story is the dangerous and risky community where people are living in. This kind of 'fear' is evident when Mel said that he "bought [a gun] for self-defense and carried it in the glove compartment," which shows that a person must always be alert when being...