Mood Of Dark And Depressing In Little Things By Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver uses imagery throughout the piece to convey a mood of dark and depressing in the piece, Little Things. He starts by telling us “the snow was melting into dirty water,” which suggests that maybe it is spring and the sun is out melting away the reminisants of winter. He later goes on to say, “ he fastened the suitcase, put on his coat, looked around the bedroom before turning off the light. Then he went out to the living room.” Although he does not go into grave detail on what either room looks like, we can still picture a man who is leaving. One example that also demonstrates that the piece is suggested as dark and depressing is that although it is nighttime, Carver states that, “the window gave no light” vs leaving it at “it