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The Babysitter
In relation to “The Babysitter” by Robert Coover, the story illustrates the behaviors of the characters and the embodiment of their sub-consciousness. Coover has the structure of the story as fragments of interconnected events and images to illustrate an evening episode of a babysitter taking care of the children while a couple attends a cocktail party. ... It is the same storyline that included different endings such as, the babysitter being raped by her boyfriend, Jack and his manipulative companion Mark, the father carrying out his lustful pursuit of seducing his own children’s babysitter, the baby drowning in the bath tub, and furthermore some peaceful endings. This structure of “The Babysitter” parallels the graphics exposed on the television while the babysitter struggles to watch them in the various scenes, she continues to switch between channels. ... Unfortunately, the character can only view fragments of each show and keeps switching back and forth from one program to another, not able to follow the storyline; as such the reader does in “The Babysitter” story itself. ... However, Coover constantly through out the story attempts parallel the event’s of “The Babysitter” with programs on TV, “A man married to an aging invalid wife, but in love with a younger girl. ... In-fact as the babysitter watches a show on TV, Coover begins to describe what she is watching, “Down forbidden alleys. ... However, in this passage the actual description of what is happening on TV doesn’t start until, “a trapdoor” the whole first part is a generalization that is not important for what is happening on TV but is important to explain what Coover is trying to convey in his story “The babysitter.
Approximate Word count = 1313
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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