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1. Pineapple: A very postmodern term. Refers to a central idea which has one or multiple points (resembling the prickly outside skin of the pineapple fruit) and a substantial, fruity inside. This inside is not easily accessible, and isn’t completely understood, but is vital and important nonetheless.
In the space between what the characters perceive and what the reader knows to be reality, we find the pineapple1 of Carver’s story.
1. Pineapple: A very postmodern term. Refers to a central idea which has one or multiple points (resembling the prickly outside skin of the pineapple fruit) and a substantial, fruity inside. This inside is not easily accessible, and isn’t completely understood, but is vital and important nonetheless.
That's the pineapple of literary criticism right there!
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