Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver

The short story Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver is a story about a couple fighting over who gets possession of their son. There is a correlation between the structure of this story and the intensity of the situation. The dialogue between the couple lacks quotation marks as they volley comments back and forth at each other such as, "I want the baby. | Get out of here!" (Carver, 335). The lack of quotation marks allows the reader to get a sense of a fast and heated situation. The dialogue between the couple is short and quick. These two are so angry at each other that their actions and words happen before they even get change to digest what is said. The structure is also a very short and simple short story. This also shows that the event in this story happened quick and was over momentarily after it began. The woman was able to fight strong and end the conflict swiftly. This structure is able to show the heated rage between the couple, which causes them to react quickly to poorly thought out comments.