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Beginners By Raymond Carver
This week, the story I chose was, Beginners by Raymond Carver. I found this short story to be compelling as it encompasses colorful detail which helps visualize the setting around the main character’s kitchen table. The narrator’s point of view seems to add to the mistier of the moment. The story surrounds a casual, lighthearted conversation about life which two couples share while partaking in a bit of day drinking. The mystery appears to develop throughout the context of this conversation, not to mention the effects the alcohol seems to have in lowering the protective walls couples build to hide sensitive emotions and subjects. Herb McGinnis, a surgical doctor and husband of Terri McGinnis controlled most of the conversation. As he gave his
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