Complexity of Human Emotion. Carver begins to reveal the true colors of the Millers, he does this to show the true human nature. In order to get his point across Carver uses complex imagery to portray the overall mood of the Millers relationship and to use the reader’s moral views to determine their personal perspective on the relationship. For instance “let’s go to bed he said, now? She laughed what’s gotten into you? Nothing. Take your dress off. He grabbed her awkwardly, and she said good god, bill. He unfastened his belt.” (On page 9.) Carver displays tension between the couple but doesn’t give any bias into it, he uses the reader’s personal morals to determine the tone of the story. While some could portray the sudden change of behavior as a level of unhappiness on the part of Bill Miller, on the other hand you could just say that people just have their urges due to our primal instincts of reproduction.
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He went to the living room and pour himself a drink and sipped it on his way back to the bedroom. He put on a blue shirt, a dark suit, a blue and white tie, black wing tip shoes. The glass was empty and he went for another drink.”(On page 11.) The use of repetition by Carver assists the readers to dig deeper into the plot of the story. Carver focuses on Bill’s actions to hint that he is unhappy he paints the alcoholism in Bill by showing him constantly filling his glass up, repeatedly looking at himself in the mirror hoping each time that it’s a different person which is why he begins to dress himself as Jim Stone. While some could see these actions as a cry for help some may see it as the human curiosity on how it feels to not be yourself to be someone else, to be able to grasp another beings perspective. Simply stating bills actions without giving a bias towards his
He went to the living room and pour himself a drink and sipped it on his way back to the bedroom. He put on a blue shirt, a dark suit, a blue and white tie, black wing tip shoes. The glass was empty and he went for another drink.”(On page 11.) The use of repetition by Carver assists the readers to dig deeper into the plot of the story. Carver focuses on Bill’s actions to hint that he is unhappy he paints the alcoholism in Bill by showing him constantly filling his glass up, repeatedly looking at himself in the mirror hoping each time that it’s a different person which is why he begins to dress himself as Jim Stone. While some could see these actions as a cry for help some may see it as the human curiosity on how it feels to not be yourself to be someone else, to be able to grasp another beings perspective. Simply stating bills actions without giving a bias towards his