Throughout his life, he drew on his experiences in the Pacific Northwest as settings for his stories. ... At the same time, alcohol increasingly began to affect his life. ... With his writing flourishing and his personal life with Gallagher happy, Carver brought his drinking under control. ... "It was like nothing else in my life up to now," he tells the reader. ... Something has happened to him that has changed his understanding of life. ...

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

Here it is, the story says: what you have is what there is; take it or leave it; if you are blind, he will help you feel your way through, but never as a direction to meaning, only to an apprehension of the facts (Jerome, Wallace. 2007: 2827). ... His reputation as a master craftsman of the contemporary short story was still growing at the end of his life, which ended permanently after the struggle with lung cancer. ... Something happens to him that changes his understanding of life. ... The narrator experiences the possibility of change in his life. ...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School