Why Dont You Dance Essay -- English Literature Raymond Carver

Why dont you danceThe story is set in suburban the States in the 1970es. The maincharacter, who remains nameless throughout the whole story, hast unspoiltmoved his whole bedroom out into the street, lamps plugged in and all.The sequence is backed by the appliances - the boy turns on the TV set andmakes electric razor adjustments, and you get the feeling, that he is turningthe knobs to get a sharp picture. Also, in the seventies, everybodyhad a TV but it was still, as it is today, a rather unsound expense.The characters argon The spell (the main character), the girl and theboy, who is the only character in our story to be called by his name,Jack.The man is middle-aged. In the beginning of the story, he brings out alot of things from his home, and most of them are gifts. The nature ofthe things, suggests that they are wedding presents (a box ofsilverware, a record player, a muslin cloth). These are typicallythings you would get a couple of newly-weds for their shared home.Somethin g has happened to his wife leading the man to put his life andsorrow of his lost wife on dis...