The Bath By Raymond Carver

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Our narrative is “The bath” written by Raymond Carver in 1989.It describes the agony of two parents who after their boy (Scotty) had a car accident stayed with him in the hospital.
The story sketches the miscommunications between people that occur when we do not have the full details of a case. Evidences for that is the fact that since the accident had happened all the information that the characters have got is inadequate, in contrast to the reader who has got the whole picture from the beginning. The author’s intention is to indicate that when people are under pressure or are emotionally sensitive cannot have a clear mind to understand or estimate situations. According to Carver (1989) the fact that the father knew nothing about his son’s birthday cake confused things with the baker, another sign of miscommunication as well. Then we have the scenes in the hospital with the …show more content…
All these evidences are connected and indicate what

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