Analysis Of Everything Stuck To Him By Raymond Carver

Minimalism is defined as a style or technique that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity. In “Everything Stuck to Him”, by Raymond Carver, the frame story and minimalistic writing helps to create a personal feeling which captivates the reader. Carver’s minimalist style, frame story structure, and use of symbols all enhance the quality of his frame story.
Carver is a minimalist writer, which means his sentences are devoid of elaborate details, explanations, or descriptive passages. His style enhances his story because although there is a lack of detail, Carver finds ways to create a more personal mood for the story. Carver makes the reader feel like they are the daughter in the story and the story is being told to whomever is reading the passage. “Everything Stuck to Him” is portrayed in a conversation-like fashion in which the reader can feel like they are having a conversation with the storyteller. The minimalistic writing helps add to the personal feeling of a conversation due to the fact that when most people have conversations with one another, they are bound to leave out details and not go so in depth as authors do when they write. To give an example of Carver’s style he writes, “She’s in Milan for Christmas and wants to know what it was
Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. As the narrator tells his story, he refers to the couple as youths and never anything more than that. Carver writes, “They were kids themselves, but they were crazy in love, this eighteen-year-old boy and this seventeen-year-old girl when they married”. Symbolically, Carver means that they were in no means ready to get married due to the fact that they were just kids and not mature enough to make a commitment such as marriage even though they were madly in