"For an answer, I took Laura's hank and raised it to my lips. I made a big production out of kissing her hand. Everyone was amused." (132)
This moment sheds light on a superficial yet standard form of what love should be. At the surface this physical expression of touch is merely a public gesture of affection. Raymond Carver uses the phrase "big production" to argue this superficial image of love. The argument is setup in a intricate fashion to entertain the reader with different perspectives on love. One could consider his reason for kissing her hand was because people were watching, in a sense it is all a show. Another would argue it was out of pure affection. Carver wants to scuff under the skin of society by showing how love could be just a "big production" to some couples. Indeed "everyone was amused" by it.
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