... At an early age, Carver moved with his family to the working-class town of Yakima, Washington. Throughout his life, he drew on his experiences in the Pacific Northwest as settings for his stories. Carver graduated from high school in 1956 and took a job working at a sawmill. In ... . I knew that. But I didn't feel like I was inside anything." No longer hostile to Robert, no longer aware of Robert's blindness, the narrator experiences the possibility of change in his life. The unnamed male narrator, called "Bub" by Robert, the blind man, is the protagonist of the story. The ... But I d...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School