Why Honey Raymond Carver Analysis

A dead cat, a bloody shirt and a field trip. Why, Honey? is a short story written by Raymond Carver. The story tells about a mother who's writing a letter about her son, who is a governor. In the letter she describes how her son had become the kind of person he is. The text consists of fear and long-lost trust alongside with the mother's various claims of the son. The author shows how some people can turn into something very different than what expected and how not trusting someone can change everything.
The story is filled with two themes, fear and long-lost trust. The mother describes everything that happened and how his son became so powerful and famous. As you start reading the story you notice that the mother is very afraid of her son's authority. She tells about changing her own name, moving to a new place and having an unlisted number. Her son had become a very powerful and famous man, because he was elected as a Governor. Starting from the first chapter, you can already see how central and controlling fear is in the story. The things that the son did brought fear to the mother's life. …show more content…
The characters have not been introduced straightly and everything is introduced in the mother's perspective. The son is very influential, oppressive and he knows his place. He has had issues from a young age such as outbursts and that he couldn't tell the truth. Sometimes he is quite introverted when it comes to his personal life. He likes to keep his things to himself and does not like being questioned. The mother on the other hand is a very sceptical person. She is interested in her son's life and how he spends his free time. After all the lies that the son had told, she realized his authority. One might think that she is sometimes being way too concerned about her son's