Jordan Williams Sara Howe English 101 17 September 2010 “So Much Water So Close To Home” In So Much Water So Close To Home‚ Raymond Carver explores the hardships that society brings upon us by using dialogue and character development to reveal that men and women alike have difficulty reconciling the differences in ethical and moral values. Carver is able to do this by relating to topics that demonstrate the character’s difference in morality. These include such things as death‚ gender stereotypes
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In Raymond Carver?s short story So Much Water So Close To Home it begins with Claire the narrator‚ describing her husband the main character of the story Stuart Kane. Claire is a very eloquent speaker and usually can?t agree with Stuart so she keeps to herself. Stuart and three of his friends Gordon Johnson‚ Mel Dorn‚ and Vern Williams had planned a fishing trip to the Naches River just like they usually do every spring. How ever the events that would happen on this trip would affect Stuart?s and
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In the story "So Much Water So Close To Home" a young girl is raped‚ killed and found in a river where four men are fishing. What makes this story interesting is that after discovering the body they did not report it until after they left‚ three days later. When one of the men who discovered her‚ the husband of the narrator‚ Stuart returns home he doesn’t tell his wife about the incident until the following morning. Because of this‚ Claire believes that all men are responsible for the murder of
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"Abnormality of Stuart" In Raymond Carver’s "So Much Water So Close to Home"‚ Carver exposes to the reader that Stuart has some emotional problems. Sudden outbursts and verbal eruptions are not uncommon for Stuart‚ as he continuously yells at his wife throughout the story. From this I am able to infer that Stuart has a dual personality‚ one side being normal and the other as a disturbed person. In this analysis of Stuart‚ I am going to show that by the following textual clues that he is not
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So Much Water So Close to Home By Raymond Carver Raymond Carver 1939-1988 Raymond Carver (United States) is one of the world’s most respected writers of short fiction. The motto for his fiction might be: “I’ve seen some things.” “So Much Water” was adapted to a screen play by Australian Andrew Bovill and then directed in an Australian film by Ray Lawrence (“Jindabyne”). The Story Four buddies – Stuart‚ the husband of the narrator Claire; Gordon Johnson; Mel Dorn; and Vern Williams – encounter
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Men are from Mars‚ women are from Venus. We’ve all heard the saying‚ but what does it mean? We are different‚ that goes without saying. As evidenced in Raymond Carver’s "So Much Water‚ So Close to Home"‚ men and women differ on many key issues of morality‚ perception‚ and judgment. The two do have something in common‚ believe it or not‚ and that is the expectation of the opposite gender to communicate‚ think‚ and react in the exact way they do. Hence‚ frustration. Not with themselves‚ God forbid
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So Much Media‚ So little News The Elusive Big Idea So little comments So little attention So much information‚ so little Idea The disease of new media has greatly shrink human minds that rub off on more and more people in this technology-accelerating world at present. Daily life nowadays has significant changed compare to ten years ago that office workers used to waiting for subway by reading a daily newspaper‚ housewives seating at balcony and reading a newspaper in the morning. But now
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The novel‚ ‘So Much To Tell You’ by John Marsden explores the concept of growth and change through the character‚ Marina‚ and her struggle to become whole. The contrast of Marina’s character from the beginning of the novel to the end portrays her development during her journey to heal. The composer uses techniques to convey Marina’s growth and change throughout the novel. Initially‚ Marina is isolated and detached from the world she once knew. She begins in a tone harsh and cold. “It would stay
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So Much to Tell You – Exposition The author‚ John Marsden‚ of the novel ‘So Much to Tell You’‚ definitely explores the concepts of growth and change. These concepts are illustrated through the main character‚ Marina‚ who transforms from an antisocial girl suffering from ‘anorexia of speech’ to a more self-assured and happier‚ outgoing character. Marina’s development highlights her growth and change. Her transformation was documented through a journal; a book where she journals her thoughts and
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