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Short Story Everything Stuck To Him By Raymond Carver
Growing up!
In the short story “Everything Stuck to Him” by Raymond Carver,why did he tell the story. A boy and a girl were sitting down, and the girl wanted to hear a story when she was younger. The boy tells her a story that was mainly about her mom and dad, but with her still in the story. The boy told this story to show how hard it is to make decisions, and shows how family is a lot in life that love each other. Also how the boy is still growing up and is learning about being a father!
First, when the boy and the girl got into a fight the girl gave the boy one choice, it was either the family or Carl. In some cases this would be a hard choice, but for most people it was easy. It was to stay with family because they are more important. The

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