Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year

The saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" is one of my favorite quotes. And it relates very well to the poem "Photograph of My Father in HIs Twenty-Second Year" by Raymond Carver. In this story a young man describes his father and how his personality shines through even in a photograph. The poen is a great example of how a author's use of language can give a reader great imagery. Carver uses such descriptive language that you can "see" for yourself what the picture may look like. The young man notices how his father had this "emabarassed" look on his face while holding his fish in one hand and a beer in the other. The author describes every detail so that the reader feels like they are there with the young man looking at his father photo.