"Popular Mechanics" - Discussion

Question 1

style

Answer 1

• how does style effect this? What is the effect of this decision?
• • be willing to take a guess when analyzing the element of style; just be sure you can defend that guess

Question 2

how dies it make you feel?

Answer 2

frantic, discombobulated

Question 3

the writing style parallels the emotions of the parents and the child in the physical tug of war between mother and father

Answer 3

• lack of quotations symbolized the emotions of the child

- punctuated syntax parallels the simple and straight forward language of the fight

Question 4

the author’s writing style replicates the emotions of the characters during the fight

Answer 4

carver’s syntax is blunt, and in your face, just like the subject of the plot

Question 5

review the totality of the piece. what would it look like as a longer story?

Answer 5

it would draw out everything and not really replicate the scene

Question 6

what is the most plausible reason the couple fight over the baby

Answer 6

they are angry and want to take the baby away from each other to hurt each other

Question 7

what element of style does carver use

Answer 7

simple word choices

Question 8

what is the purpose of the simple, straightforward syntax

Answer 8

the simple syntax allows readers to understand the straightforward delivery of the couple’s argument

Question 9

the author’s sentences structure best reflects

Answer 9

the character’s inner feelings during the intense conflict of the text