Summary Of Everything Stuck To By Raymond Carter

In Everything Stuck to is a fictitious frame story written by Raymond Carter. The story focuses mainly on a small family of three and goes over many topics such as identity, commitment, and responsibility. In the beginning of the story, a woman wants to know what it was like when she was a kid. She is unnamed, along with the rest of the main character in the story, causing an unknown identity, and wants to know more about when she was younger, maybe to help her sense of identity. The father in the story calls Carl, a friend he hunts with, which may be an attempt of the father trying to live like he did before he got married and had a child. The story says that the father was a little bit in love with his wife’s sisters, Sally and Betsy, indicating he was not fully committed to his wife. It was even said if he weren’t with the mother, he would go for Sally. The story shows that he is still not as mature and committed as he should be to his family.
When the baby is often crying, waking them both up, he still thinks about going hunting the next day. When it is still happening by morning, he begins to get dressed, and the wife asks where he is going. After he tells her, she tells him she doesn’t think he should go, that she doesn’t want to be left alone. He tells her that they made plans, but she doesn’t care. She tells him that she’s his wife and that was his baby, signaling to him that he has responsibilities. He insists on going, and she makes him choose between the two and Carl. He grabs his gear and walks out the