“Tell the Women We’re Going” by Raymond Carver
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“Tell the Women We’re Going” by Raymond Carver is a dark, minimalist short story that follows two men on a seemingly casual outing that escalates into shocking violence, exemplifying Carver’s stark portrayal of ordinary lives unraveling.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Tell the Women We’re Going” by Raymond Carver canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: “Tell the Women We’re Going” by Raymond Carver Context triple: [Short Cuts, basedOn, “Tell the Women We’re Going” by Raymond Carver]
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“Man Came Up From Town”
“Man Came Up From Town” is a narrative country song featured on Kenny Rogers and The First Edition’s concept album *The Ballad of Calico*.
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“An Hour Before Daylight”
“An Hour Before Daylight” is a memoir by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter reflecting on his rural Georgia boyhood during the Great Depression and the people and experiences that shaped his early life.
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“How I Could Just Kill a Man”
“How I Could Just Kill a Man” is a seminal 1991 hip hop track by Cypress Hill, known for its gritty lyrics, distinctive production, and lasting influence on West Coast rap.
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“The Work Before Us”
“The Work Before Us” is a lecture by Swami Vivekananda outlining the spiritual and social tasks he believed lay ahead for India and humanity.
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Three Women
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: “Tell the Women We’re Going” by Raymond Carver Target entity description: “Tell the Women We’re Going” by Raymond Carver is a dark, minimalist short story that follows two men on a seemingly casual outing that escalates into shocking violence, exemplifying Carver’s stark portrayal of ordinary lives unraveling.
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A.
“Man Came Up From Town”
“Man Came Up From Town” is a narrative country song featured on Kenny Rogers and The First Edition’s concept album *The Ballad of Calico*.
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B.
“An Hour Before Daylight”
“An Hour Before Daylight” is a memoir by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter reflecting on his rural Georgia boyhood during the Great Depression and the people and experiences that shaped his early life.
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C.
“How I Could Just Kill a Man”
“How I Could Just Kill a Man” is a seminal 1991 hip hop track by Cypress Hill, known for its gritty lyrics, distinctive production, and lasting influence on West Coast rap.
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D.
“The Work Before Us”
“The Work Before Us” is a lecture by Swami Vivekananda outlining the spiritual and social tasks he believed lay ahead for India and humanity.
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E.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Raymond Carver ⓘ |
| containsCharacterRelationship | friendship between Bill and Jerry ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
drinking
ⓘ
driving ⓘ sexual tension ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Raymond Carver ⓘ |
| focus | ordinary lives unraveling ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
minimalist fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Raymond Carver short story collections
ⓘ
linked to:
Raymond Carver bibliography
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
foreshadowing
ⓘ
irony ⓘ understatement ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | minimalism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
example of Carver’s stark portrayal of everyday American life
ⓘ
frequently discussed in Carver criticism for its shocking ending ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bill
ⓘ
Jerry ⓘ |
| narrativePace | gradual build-up to abrupt climax ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotCharacteristic | escalation from casual outing to shocking violence ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Bill
ⓘ
Jerry ⓘ |
| setting | American suburb ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| style |
realist
ⓘ
spare prose ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
marriage and infidelity
ⓘ
sudden, senseless violence ⓘ working-class American life ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
banality of evil ⓘ disintegration of ordinary lives ⓘ male violence ⓘ marital dissatisfaction ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ |
| violenceType | homicide ⓘ |
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