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  • Born: May 27,1912 in Quincy,Massachusetts.
  • Attended Private and Public School - Poor Grades
  • 1920's his family lost their money.
  • 1929 He won a short story contest.
  • He was expelled from school for smoking.
  • He was a novelist and a short story writer.
  • The Stories of John Cheever won
  • the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • National Book Critics Circle Award
  • 1981 National Book Award.
  • April 27, 1982- awarded the National Medal for Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
  • Death: June 18, 1982 from cancer

Works Cited

Williamson, Chris. "Lit[CRIT]erature." Litcriterature. Ed. Chris Williamson. Chris Williamson, 13

Feb. 2013. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. <http://litcriterature.blogspot.com/2013/02/

chris-williamsons-new-critical-analysis.html>.

Historical Information

Bernardo, Karen. "An Analysis of The Swimmer by John Cheever." Story Bites. Ed. Karen Bernardo.

Karen Bernardo, n.d. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. <http://www.storybites.com/book-reviews/

the-swimmer-by-john-cheever.php>.

Personal. Paul Boger, 18 Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. <http://www.personal.psu.edu/pab5120/images/

writing_portfolio/The%20Swimmer%20Analysis%20by%20Paul%20Boger.pdf>.

1950's

  • World power after WWI, WWII.
  • Automobile industry
  • Radicals focused on realism, rather than idealism.
  • Suburbs began to flourish

Summary

Lietrary Devices

  • Neddy Merrill - main character
  • He swims through all his neighbors swimming pools to get back to his house.
  • His journey starts upbeat and optimistic. He encounters no problems, only friendly visits with neighbors.
  • On the way one of his neighbors mentions his misfortunes that he does not recall.
  • He returns home to find it abandoned and locked up.

Historical Info...

The Swimmer by John Cheever

Theme: * Blend of Surrealism and Realism

- Inevitable passage

Motif: (reoccurring theme) * The relationship between wealth and happiness

- alcohol

- exploration

Symbols: * Foreshadowing

-Swimming pools

- Changes in weather/ season

Setting: Upscale, middle/middle class suburb

John Cheever

1960's

  • John F. Kennedy was president.
  • The 1960's was the age of youth.
  • Revolutionary ways of thinking
  • Vietnam War
  • Civil Rights
  • The radical 60's

Literary Critique's

  • Paul Boger: transforms realistic details, myths and Cheever's own personal fears of financial and emotional ruin into a masterwork of twentieth-century short fiction”.
  • Chris Williamson: create a very strict order for Neddy as he progresses in his journey home, this symbolizes time and its singular direction forward; Further the notion is expanded upon with each pool symbolizing a crucial point in time of Neddy's life.

Discussion

  • Is this really all happening in one day?
  • What happened to his family?
  • Why doesn't Neddy recall any of these unfortunate events.
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