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Brother I M Dying By Swidge Danticat's

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Any genre of literature can talk about pain. Pain is something that everyone can relate to; therefore, many writers use the theme of pain in their works in order to make a connection with any person who reads it. Some authors may be able to perceive pain better than others and they may be due to their history, or perhaps each genre of literature may be able to equally show pain through its works regardless of what the authors background is. The fact of the matter is, the only way to tell if different authors can show the same amount of pain in their different types of literautre, is to take a look at multiple genres of literature that talk about pain. This paper analyzes John Cheever’s short-story “The Swimmer” (1964), Edwidge Danticat’s non-fiction Brother, I’m Dying (2007), and Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem, “Facing It” (1988), in order to show that different genres of literature can perceive pain better than others.
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Ned lives a high social class in the suburbs and spends much of his time partaking in activities that wealthy people are expected to. Suddenly, while at his neighbors, Ned comes up with the idea to head home on the eight-mile journey, but instead of taking a normal route, he decides that he will swim home through his neighbor’s pools. Throughout his adventure Ned learns a lot about himself and ultimately realizes that the neighborhood he lives in is nothing more than a group of people who are using alcohol in order to either hide or cope. On top of all of this, Ned has undoubtedly begun to experience signs of memory loss and by the end of the story he realizes that his life is empty as he has no family, friends, or wealth. In this short-story, Cheever uses the pain of emptiness in order to connect with his

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