Little Things by Raymond Carver

I don’t think Carver many literary devices in this short story, but we can say that there is visual imagery because he paints the picture of a possibly a couple, one about to leave, and a child in between, which in my opinion also creates unpleasant sentiments, because of the image that has been created in your head. Moreover, the baby and the two persons may be working as symbolism for the difference between nature and humans, soil being the baby; nature wants the soil to grow its creation, and humans want soil because they believe its entitled to them since they are the only rational creatures, and that because of their rationality they have dominion over all else in world including land. Synecdoche may also be in use since the baby represents a person as a whole. Finally, I think meiosis is definitely in use, since the characters of the story fight for a baby and hurt the infant in the process, and this is played out if it was something to take lightly, as if screaming, go away! is going to help the problem. I don’t think I’m far off in asserting that in real life, one would immediately call the police or something, or proceed solving the situation in a manner which does not harm the child.
            His writing style in this particular short story seemed strange; he wrote it in third person because he was narrating the story. And the ended was a sharp one, meaning that it was sudden, it was out of nowhere, and it didn’t have a solution, it ended in the characters just fighting for the child.