Media arts "why dont you dance"

He considered this as he sipped the whiskey.

This girl and this boy were furnishing a little apartment.

flipped the match into the grass.

The house was dark

Lights came on in the houses up and down the street

The boy laughed, but for no good reason. For no good reason, he switched the reading lamp on.

the man said, and put down the sack and took out the beer and the whiskey.

The man sat on the sofa, leaned back, and stared at the boy and the girl.

It was then that his cigarette dropped from his fingers and fell between the cushions.

He poured more whiskey and opened a beer.

"Why don't you dance?"

"Dance with me," the girl said to the boy and then to the man, and when the man stood up, she came to him with her arms wide open.

The girl closed and then opened her eyes. She pushed her face into the man's shoulder. She pulled the man closer.

What kind of details does Carver choose to describe the “place?” 

         He describes it as being an out door area, along with a yard sale with it being a dimmed day.  The outside was not to bright and not to dark it was sort of in the middle.  The area was also in a neighborhood and in front of a house.

What do the following passages tell you about the place? 

“The girl sat on the bed. She pushed off her shoes and lay back. She thought she could see a star.”

“Lights came on in the houses up and down the street.”

         The first passage states that the place was nice and calm.  Very peace full and just a good feeling overall.  The perfect mood to be calm and relax.        

The other passage states that it is in a neighborhood where all the neighbors are wondering what is going on across the street.

Now look at the passages that you chose. How do they talk about the place? Why are they important or unimportant? 

I mainly chose the one where the man came and began to drink a lot of whiskey, making the boy to get drunk.  It seemed as if he wanted to steal the girl from the boy, she was almost falling for it.  The girl held the man close to her and making the boy feeling unpleasant.