The Bath By Raymond Carver
The title of the text I chose is “The Bath”. This text is a short story written by Raymond Carver, a re-known short stories writer from 1962-1986 in Americas’ history. Concerning the author message about “The Bath”, we are reading a story of a young boy called Scotty who was about to turn eight year on Monday that he was hit by a car while walking with his friend to school. The story is dominated by mute communication between personalities; bath was used as the means of relieve for affected parents, and desperation both for the baker and Scotty‘s parents.
Communication
All started when Mrs. Ann Weiss, the birthday boy’s mother, planned to organize a birthday party for Scotty and drove alone on Saturday to a bakery to order a birthday cake. Further down when Scotty’s father …show more content…
From the following statement: “A Small Good Thing,” gives more depth to its characters, and offers readers more resolution than “The Bath.” Sober, Carver felt this was how the story should read (WordPress. 2012).
Carver’s reissuing “The Bath” as “A Small Good Thing,” was the result of his dramatic change in lifestyle: from drunk to sober (WordPress, 2012).
I consider the evidence valid
Why? because of the following statement:
A partial explanation for this is given by his second wife, Tess: “’A Small Good Thing’ was actually written first but was severely cut and published as “The Bath” under the direction of Gordon Lish. . . Ray’s alcoholism had made him malleable and too accepting of Lish’s editing (WordPress, 2012).
Yes, the evidence is relevant because it confirms the Raymond Carver was a drunkard then later become sober person
Yes, I have read the summary of “A Small Good Thing,” and find the story dissimilar to “The Bath.”
Carver has said he considers them to be “really two entirely different stories (WordPress, 2012).
Yes, I agree with the author’s view because human seeks for solution, he does not have one. Until he has one, his life will be
Communication
All started when Mrs. Ann Weiss, the birthday boy’s mother, planned to organize a birthday party for Scotty and drove alone on Saturday to a bakery to order a birthday cake. Further down when Scotty’s father …show more content…
From the following statement: “A Small Good Thing,” gives more depth to its characters, and offers readers more resolution than “The Bath.” Sober, Carver felt this was how the story should read (WordPress. 2012).
Carver’s reissuing “The Bath” as “A Small Good Thing,” was the result of his dramatic change in lifestyle: from drunk to sober (WordPress, 2012).
I consider the evidence valid
Why? because of the following statement:
A partial explanation for this is given by his second wife, Tess: “’A Small Good Thing’ was actually written first but was severely cut and published as “The Bath” under the direction of Gordon Lish. . . Ray’s alcoholism had made him malleable and too accepting of Lish’s editing (WordPress, 2012).
Yes, the evidence is relevant because it confirms the Raymond Carver was a drunkard then later become sober person
Yes, I have read the summary of “A Small Good Thing,” and find the story dissimilar to “The Bath.”
Carver has said he considers them to be “really two entirely different stories (WordPress, 2012).
Yes, I agree with the author’s view because human seeks for solution, he does not have one. Until he has one, his life will be