In "The Five-Forty-Eight‚" John Cheever‚ portrays a struggle of good vs. evil. The effect is largely contributed by the story’s characters Blake and Mr. Dent‚ and Cheever’s Symbolism shown through Blake. The Character Blake has some distinct morality issues that projects the evil he has done. Blake the evil force in the story posses many character flaws that are indicative of the force he portrays. He is self-absorbed‚ manipulative and shallow and has isolated himself from his friends and family
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According to the story ‘The Five-Forty-Eight’‚ the writer John Cheever tells us about Blake’s stalker Miss Dent. A woman‚ whose psychological and emotional instability‚ becomes the aim of Blake’s dishonesty. Blake is a successful businessman‚ who preys on people who are weak. He is very confident that there will be no serious penalties. When Miss Dent gets the job as his secretary‚ it is her chance to re-form herself‚ and get over her mental sickness. Instead‚ Blake took advantage of her mind‚ has
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“The Five-Forty-Eight” is a short story about a boss who takes advantage of a secretary with a mental health disorder and fires her the next day. As a result‚ the secretary follows her boss home‚ months later‚ on the five-forty-eight train to inform him how much better she is than him. The short story ends with the secretary humiliating the boss and becoming more self-assured. John Cheever’s short story‚ “The Five-Forty-Eight”‚ contains themes of sin‚ deception‚ and redemption that merge together
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Darya Dotson 02/17/06 Literary Heritage Summary Five-forty-Eight In the short story Five-Forty-Eight John Cheever demonstrates the effects a man can have on a fragile women. There are two characters is this story: Blake (the business man) and Miss. Dent (the women scorned). She had been his secretary whom he slept with a consequently fired. Miss Dent was not stable mentally and she didn’t take this very well. The story starts out with Blake getting off the elevator in the building he
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Professor Pearson English Comp II 01/23/2014 CQ #1 “The Five-Forty-Eight” 1. Setting is the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. In the story “The Five Forty Eight” by John Cheever‚ the setting starts off in the Western Union office on a rainy day where Blake first sees Miss Dent. Blake “started walking briskly east toward Madison Ave” (Cheever‚ 236)‚ which I assume the story takes place in the city of New York. I believe the most significant
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Northeastern University Studies in American Fiction: Volume 34 Number 2 (Autumn 2006) October 01‚ 2006 Studies in American Fiction John Cheever’s Shady Hill‚ or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the suburbs Keith Wilhite University of Iowa Recommended Citation Wilhite‚ Keith. "John Cheever’s Shady Hill‚ or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the suburbs." Studies in American Fiction 34.2 (2006): 215-240. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d10016661 This work is available open access
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John Cheever Essay - Cheever‚ John (Vol. 8) John Cheever Essay - Cheever‚ John (Vol. 8) Cheever‚ John (Vol. 8) Cheever‚ John 1912– American short story writer and novelist‚ Cheever draws successfully from his middle-class suburban experience to produce a fiction that paints a disturbing picture of what is wrong with upwardly-mobile America. His major thesis is the difficulty in establishing and upholding a moral identity in a society where family life and the community are disintegrating. Cheever
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story reflect John Cheever’s life and experience of alcoholism and addiction? In the short stories that John Cheever wrote over his lifetime he reflected himself in the main characters personality. As an example the short story “The Swimmer”‚ the main character is portrayed as an alcoholic who loses everything from his friends to his wife. John Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer‚ he is now known as the most notable short story writer of the 20th century. Cheever growing up had
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John Cheever’s story "The Swimmer" depicts a protagonist ‚ and the society that has nurtured him‚ as lacking in seriousness and responsibility. Neddy‚ the bewildered protagonist‚ represents a society satirized for centering its values on social status and materialism. During the course of Neddy’s journey‚ the illusions he has constructed about his life are stripped away‚ and in the process the truth behind his society is realized. In unveiling the tragedy of Neddy’s existence‚ Cheever reveals the
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Analysis: ”Reunion” by John Cheever We all know the feeling and the thoughts‚ which come to our mind‚ when meeting someone for the first time after several years. “Does she look the same? Will there be any awkward silences or feelings? I wonder how much he has changed” Your stomach might turn upside down right before the meeting‚ too. “Reunion” from 1962 by John Cheever‚ is a short story told through the eyes of a young boy. Most children‚ who meet their parents after a long period‚ would be overwhelmed
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