When We Talk About Love By Raymond Carver Analysis

The title of the text is, “The Bath: What We Talk about When We Talk about Love.” It is written by Raymond Carver and the primary characters are Scotty, his mom, Mrs. Ann Weiss, his dad, who was referred to mostly as the father in the story. The story concerns a boy called Scotty who will soon celebrate his 8th year birthday. In preparation for the birthday, his mom went to the baker’s shop to order his spaceship chocolate cake, which will be ready on Monday morning before the birthday starts in the afternoon.
Unfortunately, the unexpected betide while the boy was going to school in the morning of his birthday with his friends. He was hit by a car! The impact of the hit was severe, as the writer said that “The birthday boy did not cry, neither did he wish to talk anymore……he rose and headed home instead of the school.” (Carver, 1989, p. 48) When he journey home, he narrated the story to his mother, while sitting together with his mom on the sofa with his hand on her mother’s lap, he went into a shock, …show more content…
“Stable, the nurse said”….. The doctor said, “Nothing to shout about, but nothing to worry about.” (Carver, 1989, p. 52)
Furthermore, the emotion the characters displayed in the short story of how the mother refuses to leave his son’s bedside to do anything portrays a real nonfictional story and the fear that overwhelmed the father when he stared at his son’s heart beats under the cover and the manner he comforted himself by mumbling a word of comfort to himself (“….instead of sleeping at home, he’s doing it here. Sleep is the same wherever you do it”) (Carver, 1989, p. 51) shows the typical character of a man, which is used to support the idea to solidify the