Popular Mechanics Raymond Carver Analysis

In the short story ,"Popular Mechanics," Raymond Carver's imagery of weather and darkness present a relationship with the plot .Carver might not have put much description when it came to the weather ,but he accomplishes setting a type of empty,dry, and gloom type of day for the reader to feel.He presents darkness throughout the story as a way to get the reader to feel how the argument with the couple matches with the weather.When Carver combines descriptions of the weather and darkness throughout the story he displays how weather can have a great impact on the mood of the story.
Carve begins the story by describing the weather on the streets and foreshadows for the reader to expect a reflection of the weather in the story.Simple descriptions ,yet the reader can form a vivid picture of the weather.In the begining on the story Carver wrote, "Early That Day the weather turned and the snow melted into dirty water," interestingly enough the first three words of that sentence use capitalization.The capitalization grabs the reader's attention and sets a very serious tone from the start.Carver expresses how the discolered snow had turned into dirty water that ran down the back yard window foreshadowing the next scene inside the house.At this time he has the …show more content…
Towards the end of the story he cleverly adds in darkness to once again, let the reader feel how the story will go downhill from there.Carver uses the weather as a foundation for when darkness plays out ,because that way the weathers description has a profounding more powerful effect on how the reader feels the darkness in the scene. When both combined each has an effect on the suspenseful tension building up for the tragic