In Raymond Carver's short story, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," the characters have a conversation about love. Yet throughout their dialogue, they never come to an understanding of what it really means to love(Carver). ... In his story, Carver relays the message that sometimes, love isn't something that can be easily, or adequately, expressed. ...
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...
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...
Idealistic notions of Love What is love? Is it something we say everyday to our partner, a certain chemical that goes off in our body that tells us we are in love, or the actions we take everyday to make that special someone feel special? In " What We Talk About When We Talk About Love...
