Human Selfishness

Human selfishness often overshadows the goal an individual is struggling to achieve in a literary Work. Sometimes the object in which the entire conflict revolves around is lost because of the harshness in which it is conducted. Conflicts such as these give the reader insight as to what is truly important because most things are not appreciated until they are lost. Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics”, Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”, and Margaret Atwood’s “Bored” present conflicts to the reader in which the goal is lost only because of the selfishness of those involved and the goal is not appreciated until after the conflict is decided.
Raymond Carver begins “Popular Mechanics” by giving the short story a dark mood which is a premonition to it’s ending. He does this by describing the somber scene outside of the house then stating ,”But it was getting dark on the inside too.” The short story has a unemotional twist to it within the way...