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Raymond CarverA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
The narration’s deceptively simple style heightens the story’s ambiguity. The sparsity follows Ernest Hemingway’s “iceberg theory,” where little detail is given, and most of the story lies below the water level to accentuate its deeper meaning. What elements are omitted from the story, and why did Carver choose to leave them out?
By Raymond Carver