Raymond Carvers Neighbors Essay -- Raymond Carver

In Raymond Carvers Neighbors the speakers attention seems to be more directed on the Bill and Arlene Miller. The Millers are a hook up with couple who were once a happy couple but as the years went along they felt grew apart. It seems as though they are too officious comparing their lives to the Harriet and Jim Stone, which are their neighbors, that they dont have time to fix their marriage. The Stones do what married people should do and thats go out for dinner, or entertaining at home, or traveling about the country somewhere(70). The Millers are given the responsibility of looking after the Stones apartment for ten days, composition they are on a pleasure trip. During these ten days they have to feed their Kitty, and water the plants. Because of this particular event the Millers, who se...