Swimming For Her Life Analysis

I cannot swim. Although this seems like a simple task to learn it was not so easy for me. I take almost everything I do in a serious manner; therefore, learning how to swim was something I did not take too lightly. I remember in day care hearing the words from my teacher "Okay guys! Don't forget to bring your swimsuits," and seeing the excitement on all my friends' faces. Their facial expression was in no comparison to my look of terror.

In the article Swimming for her Life by Kristan Lewis Describes the life of Yusra Mardini. She is a refuge and is a talented swimmer. In 2015 when Yursa was 17 she had to flee her country, Syria. Syria broke out in war Yusra and her sister Sarah wanted to go the Germany but the contraries around Syria did not let people go into their country without knowing how you are. So they went by boat between to Turkey and Greece but the boat could only carry 6 people at a time but they crammed 18 people into the boat. The motor stopped and the boat started to flood. Yursa and her sister, Sarah both jumped in the water and pushed the boat to the shore they swam 3 and a half hours in the cold rushing waters of the sea. They saved 18 people. When they finally

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

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 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.

During my collegiate years of school, I want to make them my personal growth period. My academic plan includes an architecture major that will allow me to become a suitable urban planner/architect. In the pool, I will be a dynamic swimmer, as well as a positive and encouraging teammate. As I constantly grow physically and mentally through my college swimming career, I will become well diverse in freestyle events from the 50 to the 1650. Being a college athlete, I know the responsibility and commitment in which is expected of me. I will pursue to honor myself, teammates, coaches, and the school I attend, both on and off the

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.

Proposed by Joseph Campell in his book A Thousand Faces, there is a certain archetype that stories seem to follow. This framework is called the Hero's Journey. Elements of his theory are evident in The Swimmer, a short story written by John Cheever about the journey that Neddy Merrill takes to find his way back home. Campbell was studying myths when he came up with the theory, but it is applicable to most, if not all narratives today. The Swimmer is a short story where we see the protagonist, Neddy Merrill, go through the Hero's Journey.

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

I worked with youth at Chicago Youth Center being a Junior Lifeguard. I taught ages 5-18 numerous techniques of swimming. I taught them life lessons through swimming as well. I volunteered because I think more youth need to know how to swim. Many children drown due to not knowing how to swim.

Being tall, lanky, and uncoordinated (and therefore not particularly good at traditional sports), I was signed up for the Wallingford YMCA Dolphin swim team when I was 10 years old. I certainly wasn’t a Michael Phelps, but I definitely found more success in swimming than baseball, soccer, or basketball, so I stuck with it. During the next few years, I continued to improve my technique in all four strokes, and other intricate parts of swimming including starts (dives), turns, and finishes. I eventually became a pretty good swimmer, but retired from my swimming career after 8th grade because it was not offered at our high school. In all honesty, I did not completely miss it because I ran cross country in the fall, and track in the winter and

Olympic swimmers in Rio vandalized a gas station and made up a cover story about getting robbed at gunpoint. They were very drunk and got violent. The gas station employees have videos of them running to the bathroom after the olympians ran out. The swimmers ran to the cab and the driver wouldn’t drive away, after that someone ran up with gun and the swimmers sat with arms raised. The only reason they had the guns pointed at them is because they wouldn’t pay for their damage and items. They publicly claimed they were robbed. There was a start to an investigation on them. When they were about to get on their planes to return home they were detained. The swimmers didn’t have matching stories and all of their valuables were not taken, so officials

The purpose of this essay is to analyze the short story “The Swimmer” by Jon Cheever and it’s film adaptation. Overall, the film and the short story use different dialogue, different characterization, and different visual effects and imagery to provide the reader and the viewer with the allegory of Ned Merrill’s life. While both works focus on the fanciful nature of moving across an entire neighborhood using swimming pools, there are more differences between the film and short story than similarities. Firstly, I will begin by describing the usage of visual effects in the film and imagery in the short story. Secondly, I will describe the differences in dialogue. Finally, I will conclude by describing the ways in which both pieces leverage their characters.

     "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.

Watching the screen, many children and adults are glued to the swimmers that race each other in the Olympics. The swimmers are young and strong, but many do not know who these swimmers are. Adding on to what they do not know contains the history of swimming in the glorified Olympics. The backstory of this sporting event shows the progression and improvement of swimming because swimming evolved through the Olympics. This includes the beginning, improvement, and modern Olympic swimming sport.