Why, Honey? is a short story written by Raymond Carver. It tells about concerned mother whose son started to lie and get outbursts. The whole story is actually a letter written by the mother. In the letter the mother tells about her distant relation with her son and how they don’t know each other anymore.

I think that the mother is telling the truth. Her son’s behavior is alarming. He was only 15 when he started ruthlessly lie and that is when a normal parent begins seriously think what is wrong with the child. I think the mother’s evidence is convincing. She found out that her son hasn’t been at work anymore even though he told he was. Of course these kind of things make the mother think why he can’t just tell the truth. Why is he so mysterious? What is he hiding? The mother just wants to be a part of her son’s life. The section of the text where their neighbour Mrs Cooper found their dying cat in her backyard was some kind of turning point. That is because Mrs Cooper saw two boys putting firecrackers in cat’s ears and she was quite sure that the other boy was the mother’s son. The mother couldn’t believe that until her son started to do other odd things. I think that she has thought about it a lot and now she probably believes that it was her son, unfortunately.

The text is quite sinister and sad. The mother writes directly from her heart and she seems to be very broken. She really wanted to know her son better but it was so complicated. Of course it is hard when your own son just lies to you and get scary outbursts. The story is quite sinister also because it tells about separation of two family members and it is always a sensitive and sad thing. It would be strange if the mother wrote happily and the thing wouldn’t bother her at all. I believe that her son was the most important thing in her life and nowadays she don’t even know him. It must be hard.

I think that the story is interesting and it brings about different opinions. It is also very easy to read. The text is clear and the story proceeds fluently. Overall a very good story.