wever, of the countryside: “A vast calm/ lay over the countryside” (4-5). This calm is viewed after electricity is gone and it becomes almost dark.As a result of this visual awakening, the speaker has an internal awakening that causes him to analyze himself. The pureness of nature causes him to feel pure inside. The speaker feels that he has “never in [his] life made any false promises or committed so much as one indecent act” (7-9). The speaker’s thoughts become “virtuous” (10) and he is temporarily on another level in his being.At the end of the poem, Carver presents the dullness surrounding nature once things are returned to normal. Carver abandons all use of imagery with lines like, “Later on that morning, / of course, electricity was restored” (10-11). He ends the poem with a short, but very powerful line: “And things stood as they had before” (14). The reader can easily see that the speaker is disappointed by the way things seem dull and bare when technology is returned to life.After reading “The Window”, one can easily say that Carver is pointing out the blinding effect that technology has had on the speaker and the rest of society. Although Carver lived from 1938-1988, this theme can still be applied to today’s society and its dependence on technology. Many times in the present, one can be heard speaking of how invigorating a simple trip to the mountains was; or a camping trip; or a simple run in the park. In any case, an escape from technology has proven to be very awakening. The speaker in Carver’s poem realizes this through a simple blackout that would normally cause aggravation. He views everything with a new light because there is none....
