Analyzing Raymond Carver's 'Ranch Girl'

Round 1: In Raymond Carver’s “Signals,” a couple is having difficult time being together. The reader can easily tell that the relationship is nearing its end. At the same time, the couple is very hesitant about separating. Wayne doesn’t want to give up, but he is leaving things unsaid. He prevents himself from saying what is on his mind. An example of this is when they were talking about Wayne making more of an effort and she said it was his choice. He said that wasn’t true, then retracted his words by saying he didn’t know why he said that. Caroline is getting tired of Wayne not speaking his mind and she has also become very restless. She wants to go out and have different experiences. In “Ranch Girl,” by Malie Maloy, the girl has lived a certain lifestyle all of her life. The reader is taken through her life and it seems pretty normal with the one sad event being the death of Andy. This story is about, like “Signals,” a change that the main …show more content…
Sammy quit his job for these girls. To have him go out and look for them as well would make Sammy’s character seem even more desperate for their attention. It would dampen his integrity even more so. Sammy’s character already seemed liked he wasn’t expecting those girls to wait for him in the published version and to have him go out and look for them would change an aspect of him. Another reason to leave the original ending out is that Sammy already disappointed Lengel and his parents. I think that if Sammy went out and looked for the girls he would have to add himself to the list of people he had disappointed. He would be disappointed because he didn’t find them and he would also be disappointed in himself for believing he would find them. Sammy was already disappointing some very important people in his life, he didn’t need to disappoint himself as well. He probably already knew it would have been