The Message Of Anger In Popular Mechanics By Raymond Carver

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The message of anger leads to harm can be seen in the short story “Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver. There is a couple that is having an argument. The girl is yelling at him saying she is happy that he is leaving while holding their baby. He looks at the baby and tries to take the baby away from her. The couple gets into a fight and starts grabbing, pulling, and harming the baby until they both killed the baby. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Popular Mechanics” the author conveys that anger can lead to destruction because it leads to losing control. The man is trying to take the baby away from his wife. He doesn’t do anything crazy but he moves closer to scare her at first. Threatening to take the baby away. The fearful tone in the