"Popular Mechanics"#3
Carver uses events before the climax and main, central conflict of the story occur. One of the events would be the woman picking up the baby's picture. The man immediately demands for the picture back. This fight symbolizes the later fight over the actual baby. They seem to treat the picture better than the actual baby. The actual baby is pretty much dehumanized by the parents actions towards it. The way they fight over the baby is the way they should have been fighting for the picture. The way they fight for the picture is the way they should fight for the baby. Instead, they physically fight over the baby rather than verbally. Lastly, when "they knocked down a flowerpot"(26-27), this symbolized both their relationship and the actualy baby. In regards to their relationship, it is now broken, just as the flowerpot. When it comes to the baby, we do not know for sure if the baby is hurt physically when it was "slipping out of his handand he pulled back very hard"(35). The baby may have been broken physically. Either way, he will have a broken family life as a result of this fight. Also, the baby will most likely suffer from emotional damage.
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