When wanting something from someone else, screaming and yelling at them in a hysterical manner will never be the answer. It is proven in the story, “Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver, when the mother is acting absurd towards the father. She wants the father to not lay a hand on the baby boy, in fear of having him stolen from her by the father. She wants him to take his things and leave, but while asking, she is screaming and cursing at the father. At first, he stays calm, but in the end he gets violent with the mother. Although some reader believe that the baby must survive because the parents merely try to protect the baby from the other, the baby dies because the parents cared more about power than their child. The parent’s displace of
