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Carvers "Boxes" Something is Not dependableHave you ever had that eerie feeling in the back of your hear thatsomething just is not right? It is as if there is some unknown rea tidings that asituation has a different meaning hence what is obvious. This feeling is thedisguised backbone of Raymond Carvers story, "Boxes". In this story the boy cope withms to be experiencing this feeling as his mother decides to move again.There are gaps in the story line which shows that the paroles dialog does notmatch up with his thoughts end-to-end the situation. These gaps highlight ahidden theme that associates the sons feelings about his mother abject with herdeath.One of the reasons the son unconsciously believes he will never see hismother again, is because his mother mentions more than once in the story thatshe would comparable to die. These gaps in the story where the mother mentions dying(p)in the same scenes that discombobulate to do with her moving associates her moving withher death. One instance that she mentions dying is where she is quetchabout the weather in Longview "I mean it, honey. I dont motivation to see thisplace again except from my coffin. I hate this g.d. place. I dont know why Imoved here. I wish I could just die and get it over with" (p. 413). I do notthink the son believes she really wants to die but she puts the idea of herdying in his subconscious. There is a gap at that point that is up to thereader to figure out. The gap is widened farther in that same scene. The sonremembers thinking about a man working on a power line. The man leaned outsupported only by a safety belt and the son thought about if the man fell. Theson is still on the phone with his mother "I didnt have some(prenominal) idea what I wasgoing to say next. I had to say something. notwithstanding I was filled with unworthyfeelings, thoughts no son should admit to. Youre my mother, I said finally.What can I do to help?" (p. 413). What wer e these thoughts? Why doesnt the cashier tell us? The son cannot help being affected by these powerful words ofhis mother. This gap in the story is important because the son is thinkingabout how that man working on the pole could slow die if his safety belt doesnot hold. At this point he also has unmentionable thoughts about his mother.