Raymond Carver: A Clearer View The year 1977 was an extraordinary year for Raymond Carver. Within twelve months Carver completely changed his life. ... It is obvious that many of Carver's characters are in many ways an image of Carver himself. ... Carver's early life consisted of a lot of chaos. ... Carver doesn't give away the ending. ...
Raymond Carver is a real short story writer because "Fat" fully confirms this definition. ... "Fat" : a typical Carver story? ... Carver presents a story in which hardly anything happens. ... (p69) This is a perfect situation to elaborate, but Carver ends here. ... So Carver uses this short story to ask some existential questions. 4. ...
Comparison Paper Cathedral The short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, and the screen adaptation of that short story by Bruce R. ... Carver and Schwartz both give readers/viewers the ingredients of the entire story. ... In the introduction of the story Carver goes on to explain how, "[Robert and her] talked. ... In the short story, Carver explains the wife's past life and her old marriage. ... In the short story, Carver goes on a detailed explanation of Robert and Beulah's life, before she died. ...
