In the story “So Much Water So Close to Home,” a young girl is raped, killed and found in a river where four men are fishing. What makes this story interesting is that after discovering the body, they didn't report it until after they left, three days later. When one of the men who discovered her, the narrator's husband Stuart returns home, he does not tell his wife about the incident until the next morning. For this reason, Claire believes that all men are responsible for the young girl's murder. Due to these facts, she acts irrationally, suspiciously and suspiciously not only towards her husband, but also towards all men in general. Claire's thought process throughout the story shows her distrust. This suspicion leads Claire to notice minuet details, which would generally be overlooked by ordinary mortals. At the table, she watches his every move, "he seems tired, nervous... He looks at me and looks away again" (Carver, 278). These are usually the mannerisms of someone who has done something wrong, acting out of the norm and having averted eyes is an unconscious way of showing guilt, but in this case it could be Claire imagining these things. When someone needs to believe something so radically, they may make up things to justify their thoughts. It is quite possible that Stuart is doing the right thing, but Claire's suspicions have taken over his point of view, making him see those mannerisms characteristic of a guilty person. On a car ride with Stuart, Claire wonders, "There's so much water so close to his house, why did he have to travel miles to fish?" (282) She thinks that the men went so far to the lake so that no one would see them murder the girl. Even the husband notices his wife's suspicions and tells her "don't look at me like that. Be careful now. I mean it. Calm down, Claire" (280). Stuart says this because he senses Claire's distrust of him. Again, this is another example of Claire acting suspiciously. Throughout the story, Claire acts very irrational, especially towards men. These irrational actions are caused by her believing that men are the reason for this girl's death and the murder of women in general, and she shows this by the way she reacts to what Stuart says and to the men of history..