Popular Mechanics By Raymond Carver

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When was the last time you and your significant other fought? In Popular Mechanics by Carver Raymond a young man is moving out, the husband (or boyfriend) is wanting to take the baby with him but the wife (or girlfriend) will not let him. The short stories and the adaptation of the story on Youtube, shows the parent's anger, lack of communication leads to the death of their child.

“Streaks of it ran down from the little shoulder-high window that faced the backyard.” it was a rainy day, usually when we think of rain bad thing happens. The wife (or girlfriend) yells at him and tells him that she is happy that he is leaving. She wants him to leave the house.

After the father packed his stuff and left the room, he saw his wife (or girlfriend)

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