There are several ways in which the writing style within Elephant harkens back to the stylistics of Hemmingway. Carver always goes straight to the point; like Hemmingway he focuses on describing the action and minimizes his analysis of that action.
Although not every American has such need and dependent family members, we all have experienced money problems with many of us knowing what it feels like to be taken advantage of. He tends to take a seemingly unimportant, commonplace event and turn it into a very interesting moment.
There is a direct correlation between this diction and how these ordinary events become so intricate. He has been known to revise his stories many different times, and thus, has different versions of them. One of the main purposes of revising is to ascertain exactly the best language and words to emphasize a theme or point within a story. He uses these exact measures to ensure that he can maximize the impact of his stories. This heightened text often leaves ambiguous meanings and interpretations in his work.
In Elephant, a man is driven to the end of his tether by his family who are always taking money from him. His brother first borrows some money form him and then says that he would pay their mother instead of giving the money back to the writer. Unfortunately, the brother only gives fifty dollars or either seventy five dollars in three months although he had borrowed five hundred dollars.
The mother said that her younger son, Billy was in bad shape and he was not going to pay and he did not pay like she predicted. She also said that he was giving al the normal excuses that somebody would give when they have a commitment and she, the mother went checking in mail boxes for the cheque that should come every month.
He sends his other a cheque every month because she guilt trips him about being alone and how nobody cares about her. Log In. Create New Account. Forgot account. Not Now.
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