The Sitting Bee

In the short story Errand by Raymond Carver we have the theme of dissimilarity, respect, denial and grief. Taken from his Elephant and Other Stories collection the story is narrated (in the main) by an unnamed third person narrator and begins with Chekov having dinner with his friend Alexei Suvorin. Immediately the reader notices the differences or dissimilarity between Chekov and Suvorin. Politically and temperamentally ... Continue reading

In the short story Intimacy by Raymond Carver we have the theme of relationships, struggle, letting go and closure. Taken from his Elephant and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator and though the reader never learns the name of the narrator, very early on in the story we discover that he is a fiction writer and he is visiting his ex-wife who is also unnamed. What is ... Continue reading

In the short story Boxes by Raymond Carver we have the theme of connection (or disconnection), worry, powerlessness and mortality. Taken from his Elephant and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator and tells the story of the narrator’s mother moving back to California from Longview, Washington. The name Longview is important because Carver may be highlighting to the ... Continue reading