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Raymond Carver’s relationship with his father, Clevie Raymond Carver was a distant one emotionally and, sometimes, physically. ... But family ties are stronger than any other, thus Raymond Carver identified himself with his father in a variety of ways, and even had a sense of pride in some of his father’s accomplishments.
Many of Raymond Carver’s childhood memories are of his family moving, and this was caused by the small availability of jobs at the time. ... His father had moved from Arkansas to Washington, then to Oregon, then back to Washington. ... It was there that he remembered his mother trying to keep his father outside when he was drunk, eventually knocking him out when he tried to get in.
Approximate Word count = 545 Approximate Pages = 2.2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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