short story reflection

Why Don’t You Dance?

by Raymond Carver

His side, her side.

The desk was pushed against the garage door

Everything goes," said the man.

"Why don't you dance?"

Weeks later, she said: "The guy was about middle-aged. All his things right there

in his yard. No lie. We got real pissed and danced. In the driveway. Oh, my God. Don't

laugh. He played us these records. Look at this record-player. The old guy give it to us. and all these crappy records. Will you look at this shit?"

questions

1.  1.What kind of details does Carver choose to describe the “place?” he describes the people and the environment. He doesn’t directly describe the mood but it is set in the beginning of the story. 

He uses almost basic descriptions however the way he words them makes you think in order fallowing the story. He makes you think about the authors porous. 

2.    2.What do the following passages tell you about the place? 

“The girl sat on the bed. She pushed off her shoes and lay back. She thought she could see a star.”

It is close to night and the sky is open to were you can see the stars or almost. I’m assuming that the light pollution is making it harder to do so.

“Lights came on in the houses up and down the street.”

It is getting late and dark out also that his lights are not turning on and they are still outside. They are in a neighborhood.

3.    3.Now look at the passages that you chose. How do they talk about the place? Why are they important or unimportant? 

The passages I chose talk about the mood or help set the mood. How the characters reacted to the moment.