In John Cheevers short story The Swimmer the main character Neddy Merrill goes through a drastic change He starts off with having a wife and children and being quite popular Despite being older he wants to regain youth by swimming the entire county through all his neighbors swimming pools While at a party he realizes he can swim home through the chain of pools At first he is welcomed into his neighbors pools graciously At each house he takes a drink and swims a lap in the pool Though this whole
The Swimmer The short story The Swimmer by John Cheever is a story that takes place in the 1950s in a classic suburban town situated in New York The story allows a glimpse into a time period that was very surreal filled with cocktail parties sex and the attempt to achieve the American dream Throughout the story the reader witnesses the emotional downfall of the main character Neddy Merrill who at the beginning appears to be an affluent in shape man who has a family and many friends to match As
Drinking Away Your Life As Ned journeys through the stream he discovered and named Lucinda things gradually get worse Ned goes through a change from realism to surrealism The use of alcohol consumption throughout The Swimmer helps demonstrate and show Neds drastic change from sanity to insanity John Cheever used events that happened to him such as his drinking problem to make a more realistic relatable story that allows more people to connect with While at a friends house Ned decides to swim hi