What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
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All Themes The Nature of Love Love and Violence The Failure of Language
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All Characters Mel McGinnis Terri Nick Laura Ed (Terri’s ex-boyfriend) Marjorie (Mel’s ex-wife)
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All Symbols Sunlight
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

by

Raymond Carver
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Symbols

Sunlight

The sunlight in the kitchen as Mel, Terri, Nick, and Laura talk about love represents the four friends’ gradually diminishing clarity during their conversation. At first, the sun fills the room “like…

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