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    The Swimmer

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    The Swimmer by S.J. Butler Fear is a feeling we all posses. You can be afraid of spiders‚ heights or maybe even something as common as water. Every human mind is different‚ and we all have our own fear and struggles. The short story “The Swimmer” (2011)‚ written by S.J. Butler‚ is a story about a girl´s fear of life and her effort to overcome it. The theme of fear in the story is expressed by the main character´s development. Even the smallest decision‚ can change you for the rest of your life

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    The Swimmer Metaphor

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    In the short story “The Swimmer”‚ John Cheever wrote the story as a metaphor for life. Cheever basically stating that your time here on earth is short; don’t waste your time. Neddy spends his time chasing a social life‚ alcohol‚ and a mistress. As Neddy takes his journey across the county why does it take so long for him to realize that his life isn’t what he thought it was? Did he waste his time while on his journey? Through his journey Neddy took glass after glass of alcohol and that’s what made

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    Dante’s Inferno and The Swimmer Dante’s ever popular‚ poem‚ “ The Inferno‚” and John Cheever’s “ The Swimmer” is both set upon the theme‚ reflecting on ones life. Cheever highly accepts the profundity of Dante’s pious allegory (1). In the swimmer‚ the protagonist Neddy Merrils‚ swims throughout his well-heeled neighborhood‚ which is credited the intense journey of Dante. The Swimmer‚ a story about a man’s eight-mile journey home‚ is a book that explores how a man reflects upon life. Many of the

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    Dante

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    Circle The Stygian Lake‚ with the Ireful Sinners Fighting William BlakeIn the swamp-like water of the river Styx‚ the wrathful fight each other on the surface‚ and the sullen or slothful lie gurgling beneath the water. Phlegyas reluctantly transports Dante and Virgil across the Styx in his skiff Sixth Circle Heretics are trapped in flaming tombs. Seventh Circle Lower Hell‚ inside the walls of Dis‚ in an illustration by Stradanus. There is a drop from the sixth circle to the three rings of the seventh

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    Dante

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    Dante -  The author and protagonist of Inferno; the focus of all action and interaction with other characters. Because Dante chose to present his fictional poem as a record of events that actually happened to him‚ a wide gulf between Dante the poet and Dante the character pervades the poem. For instance‚ Dante the poet often portrays Dante the character as compassionate and sympathetic at the sight of suffering sinners‚ but Dante the poet chose to place them in Hell and devised their suffering. As

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    Dante

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    In Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno (1314)‚ Dante is being toured through the layers of hell in hopes that he will see his future punishment and get his life back on the right path. The great Roman poet‚ Virgil‚ is sent to be his guide. Virgil is not only supportive but informational as he leads Dante through the layers of hell. Throughout the story‚ Virgil is repeatedly protecting Dante from hostile demons and monsters. Monstrous Charon‚ in cantos III is bringing the souls over the river to punishment

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    Symbolism In The Swimmer

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    The Swimmer is based on a man not being able to deal with the present. He is mostly in denial through every part of the story and every character he meets expresses how much he is in denial‚ and shows he has an alcohol problem which he is covering up the depressed state he is in‚ and cant face the fact his entire family is gone. The story begins with Neddy Merrill lounging at a friend’s pool on a mid- summer’s day. After Ned decides to travel home by swimming through neighbors pools is where the

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    The Swimmer Symbolism

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    “The Swimmer” is a story written by the American author John Cheever‚ a story about a man who decides to get home by swimming across all the pools in his country. In the story‚ the author widely uses symbolism through which he shows how Neddy spends his live striving for material success and how he ends up losing more important values as his family and friends. Neddy’s journey through the pools on his way home represent the phrases of time that one has to pass through his life‚ showing that the

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    In the Story “The Swimmer”‚ a well-positioned man named Neddy goes on a long journey passing different periods of his time swimming from pool to pool. John Cheever symbolically expresses the stages of alcoholism‚ its effects‚ as well as how alcoholism destroyed Neddy’s life‚ family‚ friends‚ and social standing. The Narrator in “The Swimmer” displays Neddy’s life as moments of events of him swimming from pool to pool all over the country. Neddy started his journey being strong‚ and active feeling

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    Asim Soomro The Significant emotional changes in the Major Characters of “The Swimmer” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” Cheever’s “The Swimmer” and Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” use surrounding objects to bring about the major characters emotional deconstruction. “The Swimmer” portrays Neddy’s transition from a state of optimism to despondence through the use swimming pools. Neddy also views the swimming pools as a source of comfort‚ but at the same time encounters disconcerting ones. “The Yellow

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