Raymond Carver Are These Actual Miles?
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“‘I had to go without when I was a kid,’ she says. ‘these kids are not going tot do without,’ … She joins all the book clubs. … They enroll in the record clubs for something to play on the new stereo. They sign up for it all. … They buy what they want. If they can’t pay, they charge. They sign up.”
Because of hardship as a child, Toni feels she always needs more to make up for what she missed. This leads her to leave beyond her means. Continually consuming martial goods to reaffirm her status in the world and prove to herself that she is better than her parents were.
Raymond Carver Are These Actual Miles?
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“‘He said personally he’d rather be classified a robber or a rapist than a bankrupt. He’s nice enough, thought.’”
Criminals are naturally social outcast, yet the car dealer would pick that over being a bankrupt. This shows that he believes money is more important than morality, or that being outcast for criminal behavior is less painful than being outcast for something as shameful as financial failure. Criminals are insane, desperate, or the product of a bad environment therefore exceptions are made for them. To be bankrupt however, is one’s own fault and something to me laughed at.
1 comment:
While it would seem that bankrupsy could be one's own falt, I think that entering into that phase isn't necessarily a "funny" thing. There are many instances where bankrupsy is the door to another opportunity. As for criminals as social outcasts, what is society expected to do? Embrace those who choose to digress and break laws that we agree to live by?
These questions are critical, but I would caution the blogger to not make such strict general statements without first doing extensive research.
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