Raymond Carter conveys a distanced tone in his short story "Neighbors." The story is told in a matter-of-fact way. Everything is straightforward, and Carter tells of the characters and their events in an unbiased way. Carter avoids advanced vocabulary and shies from literary devices, as he narrates the story similarly to how one would narrate an unimportant every day occurrence. I think Carter chose to narrate his story like this because it allowed the story to be told more quickly and left the reader lots of room for interpretation. Carter's style leaves out many of the details that tend to bog a story down. For example, he could have told about the couple's history but chose not to. This both saved time and left it up to the reader for interpretation. I like Carter's style because it gives the reader the freedom to interpret a lot about the characters, and it is told in the straight forward writing style I most often read.