Minimalism is a technique or style used by artists, including writers and musicians that encompasses using the least amount of detail and information to create a more dramatic effect or impact. It allows the reader to imagine what the characters are thinking or feeling.
Carver provides the reader with very to the point information in Neighbors. There are not many adjectives or in-depth descriptions of things or events. The story is sequenced in an exact chronological order, and it tells of simple, mundane, everyday things like “folding the handmade tablecloth…”p. 137. In the story, actions are stated, not elaborated on or adorned by anything: “He unfastened his belt.”p. 138
Carver does not dwell on psychological or emotional description; instead he merely uses a matter of fact narration of visible events.
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