Carver's "Boxes": Something Is Not Right
Carver's "Boxes": Something is Not Right
Have you ever had that eerie feeling in the back of your mind that
something just is not right? It is as if there is some unknown reason that a
situation has a different meaning then what is obvious. This feeling is the
disguised backbone of Raymond Carver's story, "Boxes". In this story the son
seems to be experiencing this feeling as his mother decides to move again.
There are gaps in the story line which shows that the son's dialog does not
match up with his thoughts throughout the situation. These gaps highlight a
hidden theme that associates the son's feelings about his mother moving with her
death.
One of the reasons the son unconsciously believes he will never see his
mother again, is because his mother mentions more than once in the story that
she would like to die. These gaps in the story where the mother mentions dying
in the same scenes that have to do with her moving associates her moving with
her death. One......
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