What Mel Talks about When He Talks about Love Raymond Carver's story "What We Talk about When We Talk about Love" begins with two couples, Mel and Terri and Nick and Laura, sitting at the kitchen table talking and drinking gin. Carver uses the character of Mel McGinnis, who becomes noticeably antagonized by the conversation the four are having about love, first with the story of Ed, then with his monologue about what do they really know about love, and ends with the story of the old couple, to convince his readers to believe that the kind of love the old couple share is the highest...

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In the Raymond Carver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," two married couples, all four being previously married to other people, are together drinking and talking about life and what "love" really means to them. ... If you call that love, you can have it"(Carver 358). This quotes comes after Mel was telling about Terri's ex husband and the events that occurred during and after Terri and her ex husband's marriage.The memories that Mel and Terri converse about and how they explain what "love" really is, composes Carver&#x...

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Ginolfi Discovering the True Blind Man Raymond Carver's "Cathedral- is a story told by a narrator who is not sensitive. ... The opening line of the story reads, "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, he was on his way to spend the night" (Carver 75). ...

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Jane Austen's Emma and Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love are two stories whose settings seem to take place during the ever day lives of every day people. Emma is a novel written in comical tone about a young snobbish woman named Emma who develops into someone who is capable...

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The narrator in Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" is not a particular sensitive man. I might describe him as being self-centered, superficial, and egotistical. And while his actions certainly speaks to these points, it is his understanding of the people and the relationships presented to him in the story...

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People often fear or ridicule what they do not understand; such is the case in this short story written by Raymond Carver. It is the story of a married couple where the wife has a blind friend (Robert) the husband (our narrator) has never met. His prejudices keep him in the dark; they make him bli...

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Insecurity and body image is a big problem among women. They have a hard time accepting their bodies and their looks. Women have to live up to expectations – both from the society and also from their loved ones. This pressure can lead to serious disorders as bulimia or anorexia - and in worst case...

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