![]() ![]() But I don’t have any reason to think he truly has learned anything or changed. True, the narrator has gotten out of his own head and allowed himself to see the world from someone else’s perspective. The redemption in the end isn’t really redemption at all as far as I can tell. It’s a great way of winning the reader to a particular point of view, and Carver is a master of such a character. Hey, look, the narrator seems to be saying, I’m just a regular joe like you and I’m gonna tell you about this thing that just happened to me. It’s not dissimilar to a lot of Carver’s narrators. I do like the narrative voice an awful lot. It’s pretty much part of the American short story canon now, but it doesn’t really do it for me. To be honest, I’m not sure I really see (pardon the pun) what the big deal is about this story. Today’s story features a man being made uncomfortable by the visit of his wife’s blind friend. Yesterday’s SSMT feature, “The Blind Man,” showcased a man made uncomfortable when visiting a friend and her blind husband. Winning the reader to the narrator’s point of view with a simple but effective narrative voice ![]()
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