Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver
This short story was written very well, the nameless characters helps the reader to focus on the baby, the action, and it keeps the reader emotionally detatched from the mother and father.
The language is minimal which keeps the story flowing easily. "hotter the topic, the cooler the language"
The title of the short story conveys the "everywhere" nature which further dehumanizes the characters. It has very formal structure in the plot, setting, and character development.
The length is more like a "punch in the face" because it keeps the story short and it leaves out a lot of details to help the reader understand. It is more implied towards the action and why the husband was leaving.
The ending is horrible. It causes the reader to be in denial of what happened to the child. It is only implied that the child was killed and ripped apart. At least it did not go into details about how it was done and how bloody it was!
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