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the story. Successful authors are able to blend grotesque‚ pathos‚ and humor so that the story is cohesive as well as responsive. In the short story “Reunion” by John Cheever‚ these elements are used to construct a story about a young boy and the relationship between him and his distant father. Although the story is short‚ Cheever incorporates humor‚ pathos‚ and grotesque into the dialogue and narration in order to uncover the reader’s emotions of frustration‚ pity‚ and comicality towards the protagonist
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sections that are quite memorable and that leave us with a positive message. However‚ there are some sections that are not read out loud in mass because of how disturbing they are‚ and one of those sections is Ezekiel 16. This section of the bible is bloody‚ erotic‚ and just plain disturbing. In Ezekiel 16‚ God is speaking to Jerusalem like if it were God’s wife. He is quite angered because Jerusalem has been unfaithful to him by loaning herself to various passer-by‚ including foreign Gods. This section
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In Emptiness‚ Ezekiel says‚ ‘let me always feel/ The presence of the golden mean/ Between the Élan of desire/ And the rational faculties’. In the same poem he says ‘Let reason and emotion fare/ As man and wife; let them quarrel‚ / Make love or live occasionally/ Apart‚ and then be reconciled/ But let them not‚ indifferently‚ /Empty the house of words and music‚ / Partners of a marriage in
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Ezekiel tumbled to the ground cautiously‚ letting his vehicle skid to a halt. He heard something sizzle‚ which couldn’t be a good sign of anything. The air was chilly‚ but there weren’t many clouds. A sunset lit the place where he’d landed sweetly. He picked a few thorns from his coat sleeve. Casually‚ he strolled between the trees‚ hoping that he might be able to find some help. Or some ice cream. Zeke was always up for ice cream. Making a point to get some‚ the boy stumbled through mud and woods
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POEM ANALYSIS In the poem “Monologue for an Onion” by Suji Kwock Kim‚ the onion metaphor is the centerpiece of the poem. The onion represents the poet‚ and the person she addresses (the reader assumes) is her lover. The onion metaphor is used to convey the message to this anonymous lover that she is by nature heartless and that he should stop trying to unearth a hidden core. The author is trying to dissuade her lover from further fruitless digging which only seems to cause him distress. The speaker
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2:1-3). The Lord appointed Ezekiel as a prophet to the Judeans in their time before and during the exile under the Babylonian kingdom. For one of the first illustrations that God called Ezekiel to perform‚ he had to retrieve a brick‚ inscribe the word ‘Jerusalem’ on it‚ and then place weapons of war and siege walls around this brick as a model of the coming destruction
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in this privileged world allows him to hop from pool to pool uninvited‚ assured that he will be welcomed wherever he goes. Although he is no longer young‚ he prides himself on his youthful strength and vigor and seems to see himself as a hero‚ as Cheever describes “he was not a practical joker nor was he a fool but he was determinedly original and had a vague and modest idea of himself as a legendary figure”(727). This quote‚ represents the self-satisfied view that Neddy has of himself and his world
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Mina Hanna ENGL 2130-010 Ms. Kilgore The Swimmer by John Cheever Oct 06‚ 2011 The Swimmer by John Cheever Neddy’s journey home through the pools of his neighborhood turns into a journey through many years of his life‚ showing that passage of time is inevitable‚ no matter how much one might ignore it. Neddy has mastered the art of denial. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator tells us that Neddy is far from young‚ but he does his best to act young by sliding
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Reunion The settings in John Cheever’s short story Reunion is a necessary key to the reader’s understanding of dynamic between the characters. Based in the settings of the Grand Central Train station and four different restaurants the reader can make clear assumptions when analyzing the characters’ behavior in these environments. Cheever’s short story demonstrates how elements such as‚ humor‚ pathos‚ and the grotesque work together to tell a compelling tell of a father and son. The story begins
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