The Swimmer

The short story The Swimmer, written by John Cheever incorporates American ideals of the 1960s. Cheever utilizes his writing skills to bring forward criticism of American ideals and uses the character of Neddy Merill to exemplify this. Much of what is written in this story still pertains to modern society, as values of western society have mostly remained the same in the last five decades. Cheever criticizes Neddy Merrill for his ignorance and superficial lifestyle likewise, Cheever assess elements

‘’The Swimmer’’ Not everyone enjoys being, but on the other hand many people enjoy the experience. Fear is what we feel an emotional response, a response that triggers a change in the organ and brain function, as well as in behavior. The mind may occur when it face the danger such as a confrontation. Fear can lead us to hide, fight or flee. Sometime fear can also drive us to irritate our own edge and what we long to do. The narrator S.J. Butler has written a short story named ’’The Swimmer’’ in

conceal the consumption of liquor in the hopes of bamboozling the law keepers and preserving the illicit pastime. Perhaps less joyful and lacking the same comedic air, John Cheever perpetuates this antiquated water analogy in his short story “The Swimmer”. While the tale has been interpreted in varying contexts and can initially be perceived as the story of a man grown weary in his attempt

ideas. One way an author can get their ideas is through their own life. That is called parallelism. John Cheever is, again, the master of this technique. Living in the suburbs, he always told a story of an adult with a dark story to tell. The Swimmer is nothing different. In this short story, Neddy says he is going to “swim home” from a neighbor’s pool and encounters many demons during the sequence. The demons Neddy meets on his way are another way of Cheever putting himself and his own demons

Journey of Truth The short story “The Swimmer” by John Cheever, is about a man’s swimming journey home after a long night of drinking. Cheever uses the man’s journey home as a metaphor for the journey of alcohol. Cheever shows the parallels between the man’s journey home and the journey alcohol takes a person in many ways. The main two are the way he feels after each new pool, and the time that lapses on his journey. The first way Cheever uses to show the parallels, is the way the main character

In John Cheever’s short story, “The Swimmer,” we are introduced to Neddy Merrill a man who, at first glance, seemed to be an ordinary affluent suburban man enjoying some drinks by the pool with his neighbors. After lounging around with his neighbor, Neddy decided he’s going to go home by swimming through his neighbor’s pools. Through his swimming journey, Neddy slowly begins to acknowledge what has happened in his life. It wasn’t until the moment that Neddy finally reaches his home that everything

a person’s everyday life, it becomes a problem. In the short story “The Swimmer” written by S.J. Butler, the main character struggles with this exact problem; being controlled by her own fear. This I will analyse in the following essay, which will contain a short resume, a characterisation of the main character and her development through the short story and it will also deal with and comment on the setting. “The Swimmer” is a short story about an unnamed woman, who has a work

Enterprise report Bret Harte High School senior swimmer Eddie Diegoli used his home pool to his advantage as he won High Point in both the boys individual and relay events April 28 at the Mother Lode League swim championships in Angels Camp. Diegoli finished the day with a total of 42 points. Bret Harte took second in both the boys and girls divisions. In the girls division, Sonora finished first (396) followed by Bret Harte (327.5), Linden (206), Amador (138.5), Calaveras (111) and Argonaut (99)

A middle aged man named Neddy goes pool to pool trying to complete a voyage that brings him to his knees. In John Cheever’s “The Swimmer” we go on a journey with Neddy, a man that is struggling to deal with all that has happened in his life. Neddy is forced to come to terms with horrible things that have happened in his past by his fellow neighbors. Neddy is a man that is struggling with knowing who he is and what has happened in his life. Through pieces of the text I can prove that this is what

The swimmer’s journey is slower to him than the rest of the other characters in the story. Readers can tell that time is moving more quickly than Neddy believes it to be. Cheever states, “... he did not dive but went down the steps into the icy water and swam a hobbled sidestroke that he might have learned as a youth,” showing the change in weather because of the cold water and is another hint that helps the readers know that Neddy has grown old and is not the same lively young man. Neddy also sees