The short story "The Swimmer" is representative of John Cheever's suburban stories,which shows the vivid pictures of middle class people's "happy life" mode.The question is that is such a &...The short story "The Swimmer" is representative of John Cheever's suburban stories,which shows the vivid pictures of middle class people's "happy life" mode.The question is that is such a "happy life" really happy.After analyzing the protagonist Neddy Merril's Odyssean journey,the author concludes that so-called a "happy life" is no more than an illusion.展开更多
"The Swimmer"is the representative of John Cheever and it is one of the most famous short stories in present America.The story is simple and it is not long, but it has profound meaning because many imageries..."The Swimmer"is the representative of John Cheever and it is one of the most famous short stories in present America.The story is simple and it is not long, but it has profound meaning because many imageries are been used in the story. It tries to analyze the escaping and returning from the symbolic point of view, for escaping is an important motif in modern society and in the end, only returning can realize self-redemption.展开更多
文摘The short story "The Swimmer" is representative of John Cheever's suburban stories,which shows the vivid pictures of middle class people's "happy life" mode.The question is that is such a "happy life" really happy.After analyzing the protagonist Neddy Merril's Odyssean journey,the author concludes that so-called a "happy life" is no more than an illusion.
文摘"The Swimmer"is the representative of John Cheever and it is one of the most famous short stories in present America.The story is simple and it is not long, but it has profound meaning because many imageries are been used in the story. It tries to analyze the escaping and returning from the symbolic point of view, for escaping is an important motif in modern society and in the end, only returning can realize self-redemption.
