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    <title>What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Raymond Carver's association to New Mexico ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Raymond Carver's association to New Mexico ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:30:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Do you agree with Terri that "there was love there'?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/what-we/q-and-a/do-you-agree-with-terri-that-there-was-love-there-84591</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Do you agree with Terri that "there was love there'?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:06:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[in the novel to sir with love what were some of the conflicts and show...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/what-we/q-and-a/compare-conflict-power-control-loss-love-between-11301</link>
        <description><![CDATA[in the novel to sir with love what were some of the conflicts and show were they resolved the problem]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2009 17:04:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What has disturbed Nick and his friends after their extended...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What has disturbed Nick and his friends after their extended conversation about the nature of love?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2009 16:50:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What did they learn about the different meanings and understandings of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/what-we/q-and-a/what-did-they-learn-about-different-meanings-42399</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What did they learn about the different meanings and understandings of love? What are the different kinds or categories of love?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:11:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Both stories deal with love, what love is, and what love isn't. The...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/what-we/q-and-a/what-disimilarities-between-quot-what-we-talk-16113</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Both stories deal with love, what love is, and what love isn't. The communication, or lack thereof, between the couples is the key to understanding the couples' relationships. In &quot;Hills Like White Elephants&quot;, the American man is obviously not in love with Jig. He's selfish and controlling, not only wanting Jig to have the abortion, but also wanting her to say that she wants it as well. Jig realizes that she has no guarantees...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:56:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How are the stories, &quot;What we Talk about When we Talk about...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How are the stories, &quot;What we Talk about When we Talk about Love&quot; and &quot;Hills Like White Elephants&quot;, different?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:04:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[compare conflict of power/control, loss and love between What we talk...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/what-we/q-and-a/compare-conflict-power-control-loss-love-between-11301</link>
        <description><![CDATA[compare conflict of power/control, loss and love between What we talk about when we talk about love and Cathedral]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:09:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The stories can be discussed in terms of the themes of isolation,...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/what-we/q-and-a/comparisons-between-quot-cathedral-quot-quot-what-11239</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The stories can be discussed in terms of the themes of isolation, communication, and transcendence.  In “Cathedral,” the protagonist is unable to feel in a genuine way:  he is distant from his wife, and he’s unsure how to act when the blind man comes to visit. As a result, he is isolated.  Similarly, the couples in “What We Talk About” do not allow themselves to (or are unable to) feel, which is why they drink excessively. Laura...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 18:59:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Comparisons between the &quot;Cathedral&quot; and &quot;What we talk...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/what-we/q-and-a/comparisons-between-quot-cathedral-quot-quot-what-11239</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Comparisons between the &quot;Cathedral&quot; and &quot;What we talk about when we talk about love.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:50:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The significance of the setting is indicated by the fact that Carver...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The significance of the setting is indicated by the fact that Carver presents it in the first two sentences of the second paragraph.  Both sentences are short and to the point:  &quot;The fur of use ere sitting around his [Mel's] kitchen table drinking gin.  Sunlight filled the kitchen from the big window behind the sink.&quot;  The narrator then says: &quot;There was an ice bucket on the table.&quot;  Repeatedly the narrator refers to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:08:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The setting is the McGinnis' kitchen table in their home in Albuquerque,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The setting is the McGinnis' kitchen table in their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but all four of the characters are &quot;from somewhere else.&quot; This fact is important because it shows that it really doesn't matter where these four people are from or where this story is set. It's what the two couples represent--white, working-class America--that is important. Some have called this &quot;Hopelessville, USA&quot; because the characters...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:13:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the importance that setting plays in the development of the plot...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the importance that setting plays in the development of the plot in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:08:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[All of the stories show characters who are unable to talk about
their...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[All of the stories show characters who are unable to talk about
their feelings in a productive way.&nbsp; In the title story, the
most prominent indicator of dysfunction is alcohol. The characters
talk about love as they drink, but we learn through the stories
they tell they have difficulty forming substantial relationships.
When Mel says “Gin’s gone,” his wife answers “now what?”—meaning
what do they say and do without the gin....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mel and Terri in&nbsp;"What We Talk About When We Talk About
Love",...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mel and Terri in&nbsp;"What We Talk About When We Talk About
Love", exhibit a variety of familial dysfunctions.&nbsp; Terri, an
extreme&nbsp;romanticist, has allowed herself to be a victim of
abuse in her first marriage, and is insistent that love for her was
behind her ex-husband's violence and ultimate suicide.&nbsp; Mel
admittedly does not understand what love is.&nbsp; He speaks about
wanting to be a knight because "you are pretty safe...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:47:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How do raymond Carver stories exhibit familial dysfunction? What
are...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/what-we/q-and-a/how-do-raymond-carver-stories-exhitbit-familial-5057</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How do raymond Carver stories exhibit familial dysfunction? What
are some examples of familial dysfunction in some of the
stories?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:02:46 PST</pubDate>
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