The Short Story 'Popular Mechanics' By Raymond Carver

In the short story “Popular Mechanics”, Raymond Carver uses the characters’ actions to represent how damaged people can become during fights. Detailed descriptions of the characters’ actions deepen the readers’ understanding of the characters’ failing relationship. Furthermore, the baby’s crying, as the parents struggle over it illustrates a child's suffering during a fight. The physical confrontation suggests a tearing of the relationship. When the characters are fighting, the reader can almost see their relationship falling apart at the seams. They pull and grab at each other just as their partnership ripping and pulling apart. They struggle with each other for the baby like they struggle to maintain their relationship, the baby falls to