Popular Machine written by Raymond Carver is about a dispute between a husband and a wife. The dispute is seen to be resulted because of communication gap which resulted to violence. Their physical struggle had a terrible impact on their child.
Summary
of the story "Popular Machanics" by Raymond Carver [For BBS/ BBA English TU]
The story
"Popular Machine" written by Raymond Carver focuses on growing
unhealthy relationships between husband and wife, especially in modern and
developed countries. This story describes an argument between a man and a woman
that rapidly increases into a physical struggle over their baby.
The modern
man has become selfish. Divorce between husband and wife has become common.
Marriage is assumed just like a game and child-producing means.
In the text
"Popular Machine", there was a couple. They had a baby boy. The
husband was packing up his luggage. He was putting his clothes in a suitcase.
His wife spoke aggressively with her husband. The husband and the wife had a little
conversation. The husband was leaving the house.
The reason
for their separation was not clear. After finishing the packing, he put on his
coat and prepared to leave his wife and home.
He left the
sitting room. His wife stood in the doorway of the kitchen. She was holding the
baby. The husband claimed that he would take the child. But the wife didn't let
her husband take the baby. They had a heated debate. Then, their argument
turned into violence. They both started pulling the child. The baby started
crying. His face became red because of pain. Now, they pulled the boy holding
his hand. The child felt terrible pain and cried bitterly.