Analysis Of The Article 'Swimming For Her Life'

In the article “Swimming for Her Life,” by Kristen Lewis, it describes the life of Yusra Mardini. When Yursa was 13 the civil war started. Yusra fled in 2015 when she was 18. Yusra faces many challenges. She faces being a refugee, crossing the Aegean sea and being smuggled into Germany and Greece. When the Civil war started it caused Yusra and Sarah to become refugees and get smuggled into Greece and Germany. They also were crossing the aegean sea when the mortar to their boat stopped and it started to fill with water. Yusra and sarah both hopped out of their boat and and swam for 3.5 hours saving 18 souls. Once Yusra made it to Germany she met a man named Sven Spannekerbs. She swam for him and he immediately recognized her talent for swimming.

For this essay, I am going to be discussing the short story “Swimming” found on the New Yorker, and written by T. Cooper. I have chosen this story for many reasons, and among those reasons is the personal sadness I felt when I first read the story, almost as if the universe was placing a certain theme in my life, that only the main character could possibly understand. I am talking about running, the god given instinct felt by all men, inherent in the nature of fear, and brought out in all who feel sadness in its full intensity. Though in my short life I can not compare the sadness I have felt with that of losing a child at my own hand, but if I had been placed in that situation, if fate had tempted my soul with such a sequence of events, I would like to think I could find the strength to endure and the courage to not abandon all I had previously known. Yet I am able to reconcile the themes of grief, the mode of recovery, and the longing to escape such a terrible tale. I think in this piece, as I will discuss in later parts, the author was able to put into words a transformation we rarely get to observe in closeness, the kind of transformation that turns a kind man into a “just man” the kind of death that turns this world from a beautiful and happy place into a world that is closing in on our main character, that is forcing him to surface temporarily and gasp for air, much like he does when he finds peace in the water, wading breath after air, after sea. I firmly believe that

“The Swimmer,” a short fiction by John Cheever, presents a theme to the reader about the unavoidable changes of life. The story focuses on the round character by the name of Neddy Merrill who is in extreme denial about the reality of his life. He has lost his youth, wealth, and family yet only at the end of the story does he develop the most by experiencing a glimpse of realization on all that he has indeed lost. In the short story “The Swimmer,” John Cheever uses point of view, setting and symbolism to show the value of true relationships and the moments of life that are taken for granted.

In The Swimmer a short story by John Cheever a man named Neddy Merrill decides to swim across every pool in the county naming his route the Lucinda River after his wife. As he goes on this journey some of his neighbors are nice, some show pity, and others show distaste for him. Throughout the story Cheever gives subtle hints that Neddy is disoriented as he doesn’t remember key details of things that have happened to his friends in the area. At the end of the story a disoriented Neddy reaches his home to find it empty, with his family gone. Cheever uses this short story to critique the way of life in the upper class suburbs of America that contributed to the social demise of Neddy Merrill

In Drown, a collection of short stories, author Junot Diaz presents readers with an impoverished group of characters through harsh, but vivid language. Through the voice of Yunior, the narrator throughout the majority of the stories, Diaz places the blame for Yunior’s negativity and rebellious nature on the disappointment caused by his father and the childhood illusion of America. Diaz, through language and symbolism, forces readers into an emotional bond with Yunior while exposing the illusory nature of the American dream. Although intertwined with each story, “Fiesta, 1980” allows for a more concise discussion of Diaz’s purpose. Diaz’s language, even at first glance, appears very different from conventional authors:Mami’s younger

After coming home from the Olympics, Zamperini joined the military where more troubles were to arise. After Zamperini’s plane crashed onto the land, Zamperini’s team had to take the plane out again. Since the plane was in an awful condition, it crashed into the water, “All I could see, in every direction, was water” (Preface). When the plane went down, he quickly got back to the surface so he could stay alive. He knew surviving on a raft, in the middle of nowhere, would be extremely difficult, but he was going to try. He and another man lasted 47 days on the raft with barely any water or food. Hillenbrand describes them as, “The men's bodies were pocked with salt sores, and their lips were so swollen that they pressed into their nostrils and chins”(Prologue.2) Zamperini and the other man on the raft have been blistered over, and they have been starved and dehydrated for weeks. They don’t have any energy, but they are trying to get through. Motivation is key for them. They both want to get back home to their families and friends. On the 47th day all of their hard work, to stay alive, has payed off, or so they think. After surviving for weeks at sea they have been

Throughout the world many people lose family members and loved ones in tragedy and war. This relates to the novel A Long Walk To Water by Linda sue park. In this novel parks show'ed us the struggles of a young boy named salva whose family was lost and had to make a 1,000 mile trek to an Ethiopian refugee camp. While at the same time parks shares a fictional story about a young girl named nya.Parks did this to show us the struggles of women. Throughout the course of the novel Parks shows us how salva survives by being determined ,brave ,and

Generally, an anti-hero is “a main character in a story who does not have the qualities that a hero usually has, such as being morally good” (Macmillan Dictionary). For a person who overcomes difficulties and fulfills his dream, there is still a possibility that the person is not considered a hero if he or she is against heroic values. In John Cheever’s “The Swimmer”, Neddy is not a traditional hero who is concerned and caring. Instead, he is classified as an antihero--a relatable figure in default of crucial heroic qualities. Neddy’s decision of swimming home is merely due to his self-interest and not a moral motivation. As an antihero, Neddy does not have the interest to serve people. By contrast, his journey is one of self-gratification and entertainment. Arthur Ashe, the great American tennis player once said, “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost”. In “The Swimmer”, Neddy devises a very dramatic plan to swim home, which represents The Hero’s Journey. However, he does not demonstrate Ashe’s dictum because he fails to display some essential heroic qualities such as empathy, determination, and tolerance. Ultimately, he is not a hero, though he does complete a hero’s journey of sorts.

In this extraordinary book, the world’s most extraordinary distance swimmer writes about her emotional and spiritual need to swim and about the almost mystical act of swimming itself. Lynne Cox trained hard from age nine, working with an Olympic coach, swimming five to twelve miles each day in the Pacific. At age eleven, she swam even when hail made the water “like cold tapioca pudding” and was told she would one day swim the English Channel. Four years later—not yet out of high school—she broke the men’s and women’s world records for the Channel swim. In 1987, she swam the Bering Strait from America to the Soviet Union—a feat that,

In 2015 Yusura and her sister decided to flee. They knew they would lose their home, their things, and their friends but also knew they wouldn’t have a future if they didn’t. The problems people have to face while fleeing are language barriers, finding work, and also finding a place to live. It is also against the law in greece to enter another country without permission.

In the movie, Lady in the Water (2006), an assembly of residents of an apartment complex called the Cove, managed by a handyman, Cleveland Heap, collaborate to assist a water nymph, Story, return to the Blue World after she meets with the “vessel”. This vessel is an author, who will write a book, which will inspire the mind of a future American leader, who will use the change the world’s perception on politics, cultural issues, and leadership. In order to accomplish this task, they must find the author, a symbolist, the guild, a guardian, and a healer. Their plight is to discover their roles and leaders must rise in order for these tasks to be accomplished.

As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself. Once she turned and looked toward the shore, toward the people she had left there. She had not gone any great distance - that is, what would have been a great distance for an experienced swimmer. But to her unaccustomed vision the stretch of water behind her assumed the aspect of a barrier which her unaided strength would never be able to overcome” (Page 57).

Separate Ways” by Ichiyo Higuchi takes place during the westernization in Japan. In the story, there are two main characters. Okyo is a woman in her twenties whose job is making Kimono, and Kichizo is 16 years old boy working at a umbrella store. Kichizo feels lonely that he doesn 't have any family and Omatsu, who is master and saved him. He find contentment from her as she is like real sister for him. When Okyo wanted to leave from his neighborhood in search of a better life and got tired of doing her job. Kichizo doesn’t want her to leave as a result of being lonely again. However, she already decided and doesn 't change her mind. As a consequence, Kichizo was in despaired at the loss of Okyo. On the other hand, “the women’s Swimming Pool” by Al-Shaykh takes place in Islamic country. The narrator of the story is the young Muslim women who was raised by grandmother who has old mindset and grew up in kind of isolated district. As narrator dreamed of going to the women’s swimming pool, narrator could persuade her grandmother to go to swimming pool. In the end of the story, they finally arrived in the swimming pool, but grandmother started to pray which made narrator embarrassed because of grandmother’s traditional action. She realized how important tradition was to grandmother. After seeing passers-by, she realized that she cannot escape the tradition like her grandmother. As a result, they didn 't go to the women’s swimming pool.

The article ¨Swimming for her life¨ by Kristin lewis describes the life of a girl named Yusra. Yusra grew up in Damascus, Syria. Her and her older sister, Sarah were both great swimmers. Soon their town became a war zone in they had to flee do to their house being bombed in 2012. They fled in 2015 to germany. The sisters knew this was going to be a dangerous journey, ¨Maybe I am going to die on the way,¨ she said,¨but I am almost dead in my country. I can't do anything.¨ Yusra stated on page 11, section ¨Maybe I am going to die¨. Soon, they were off to germany they were doing just fine on the boat and then the motor stopped. The boat was filling with water. Soon without a thought Yusra and Sarah jumped in the water to push the boat. They

     "The Swimmer" by John Cheever describes Neddy Merril's "swim" home. Neddy is a husband and a father, he is also a drunk. The story encompasses about twenty years of his life of alcohol which ruined not only him but also his relationship with his family. One day after waking up with a hangover he drinks a little and decides to swim home. It is obvious he is a drunk because he is constantly searching for a drink on his swim home.