In most literary works, journey is commonly conceived as a way of escaping from the harsh reality. However, in the Swimmer, Neddy Merrill’s journey in the swimming pool leads him to back to the reality by resembling the process of his life. If readers continue to neglect this distinctive characteristic of Neddy’s voyage, they will not be able to comprehend the transitions of mood made in the story. Therefore, this short paper aims to illustrate how the protagonist’s journey of swimming holds metaphor
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“The Swimmer” by John Cheever is the tale of a significant period of life’s misadventures depicted over the course of a day. Neddy Merrill, the main character, begins sited at the edge of the Westerhazys’ pool on a summer day when the idea to swim a path of pools all the way through his home comes to him. He swims through the Wasterhazys’s pool and proceeds to jump to the neighbor’s one. During his trajectory through the first array of pools, he is barely noticed until he reaches the Bunkers, who
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life than they have now. “The Cuban Swimmer” is a play by Milcha Sanchez-Scott that demonstrates the experience immigrants go through in America in a metaphor throughout the play. The representation of each character has contrasting perspectives on immigration background and their pressures. The Father/coach Eduardo and mother Aida deserted Cuba to come to America in pursuit for a better life together. They then had two children together, Margarita the swimmer and the Simon their son who has been
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Fear can be a big part of ones live. Fear of denial. Fear of failure. But just because one is scared to do something, it doesn’t mean he don’t. Fear and overcoming your fear is a central theme in S. J. Butlers short story “the swimmer”. The main character in the short story seems to be a regular woman, working a regular job. But she has a passion for swimming, and when she sits at her desk she can see right down to a river. This is very intimidating for her as she has a burning desire to go swimming
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The Effects of Alcohol in the “The Swimmer” John Cheever’s short story, “The Swimmer”, discloses the vivid details of a man’s distortion of time, which ultimately leads to his unhappiness. Neddy Merrill, young and vigorous man, sets off on an aquatic journey by swimming in neighboring pools one to another. As he swims in his neighbors’ pools in order to reach his house, he experiences physical and emotional deterioration of his life. Cheevar’s “The Swimmer” reveals the physical and emotional damage
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The Swimmer Poster Board In the first scene, Neddy Merill, wakes up from a saturday night of drinking. Cheever describes Merill’s physical appearance using a juxtaposition. The author claims that Neddy has the “especial slenderness of the youth- while he was far from young” (Cheever 1). Soon after Neddy says he is leaving to swim across the county home. He wants to get back to his four daughters who are at his house, 8 miles away. He then jumps into the Westerhazy’s pool to begin his journey home
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I will be the most famous marathon swimmer in the world. This is where my life is headed and how I will get there. The University of Southern California is my number one pick! I imagine my future and a couple of things come to mind. Firstly, "Who am I?". In the future, I will be a professional marathon swimmer. Having completed the first ever triple crossing of the Catalina Channel and the youngest to complete a double crossing of the Catalina Channel. I will also hold a world record for longest
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Title: A study to evaluate the body composition parameter changes among young male and female competitive swimmers and non-swimmers Background and Purpose: Researches showed that estimation of body composition parameters in competitive swimmers were affected by swimming when compared to their respective age-matched non-swimmers. These results encouraged us to re-estimate the body composition parameters in our athletes with competitive swimming as their main sport. Thus the purpose of this
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and Butterfly. Swimming is one of the hardest sports in the world because of the mental and physical attributions. On the mental side of swimming, there are many factors that can make or break a swimmer. One factor is how focused you have to be to swim not only well, but outstanding. A swimmer has to clear their mind completely before entering the water. Mental toughness is defined as “having the natural or developed psychological edge that enables you to: generally cope better than your
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because a swimmers main goal is to improve there time not to win. Of course all swimmers like to win though. Part of what make swimming so difficult is not just the in the water part but also what is called "dry-land", which is various exercises a swimmer would do on land to work there swim specific muscles in a more specific way. Most dry-land programs consist of running, sit- ups, push ups, and weight training. Weight training is done differently than in football because swimmers want to be
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