The Stories of John Cheever

amongst the most important aspects in everyone’s life. Everyone strives to be successful in various ways, but the question here is that - is it necessarily achieved by reading Fiction stories or not? Well, this is something one could argue upon – in favor or against of reading fiction stories. I read a few fiction stories this semester including “What you pawn I will Redeem”, “The Lottery”, “The Swimmers”, “The UFO”, “ I‘m a Mad Dog Biting Myself for Sympathy” and came across few themes such as…

Life in Twentieth-century America Society is changing every day. Prior to just over a year ago, it was not legal to marry the person you love if that person was the same gender as their significant other. Disparities between men and women continue to decrease. Our government is increasingly recognizing the need for social change. The selection’s we’ve read in this section have commonly revealed the personal relationships of Americans in the twentieth century. Literary works across the twentieth…

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller provides a provoking story of how a young orphan by the name of Abigail Williams, uses her skills at manipulation and leadership to control a group of girls into falsely accusing many innocent people of witchcraft. This leads to the arrest and deaths of many people living in the village of Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail especially accuses the wife of John Proctor; a man she prior has a sexual affair with. Out of spite Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft…

She is selfish when she wants to get Elizabeth back from Proctor. Abigail was having an affair with John Proctor and he chose his wife. Proctor sends Abigail over the edge when he says, “Abby I may think of you softly from time to time, but I will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again” (Miller, 23). After this talk with Proctor she wants…

an adult. Is this not the true definition of coming of age? The definition of coming of age is when someone transforms into a better person. People have taken an amount of steps in order to come of age. In the poem, “The Road Not Taken,” the short story, “The Reunion,” and the novel, The Summer I Turned Pretty the authors show how characters come of age psychologically and emotionally when their own actions and decisions force them to more suitable person. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by…

up to become an adult, right? Is this not the definition of coming of age? The definition of coming of age is when someone transformers into a better person. People takes steps in order to come of age. In the poem, “The Road Not Taken,” the short story, “The Reunion, and the novel, The Summer I Turned Pretty the authors show how characters come of age psychologically and emotionally when their own actions and decisions force them to transform. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost…

spread. When Betty, Abigail, and a few other girls are alone, Abby demands that the girls do not tell anyone of the actual events that occurred in the forest. The only thing they may admit to is the dancing. Abigail also finds herself alone with John Proctor, a married man with whom she had an affair. Abigail still seems to have feelings for him, however Proctor remains defiant telling Abigail to end her foolish games with the…

unreasonable these events were, and why we should not repeat what had happened in Salem, during the cold war. The Crucible is effective in proving to people that both the red scare and the Salem Witch trials are similar using . In the end, Arthur's story was a huge influence on the world today, and reminds us that to convict anyone of anything, we must give them a fair trial. Whether they’re being convicted…

Right now he is living in a hole in the ground contemplating the future. He begins the story by saying that his grandparents were freed slaves. The narrator’s confusion begins when his grandfather’s last words are to use the white-dominant system against them. The narrator doesn’t understand what his grandpa means and constantly wonders…

an exhibit in the Savannah College of Art and Design Library. Aiken is one of Savannah’s well-known poets of the 20th century, and because of this The Aiken Project, created in his honor, wants to create an exhibit to showcase his greatest short stories and poems. While researching for this exhibit it was discovered that Aiken owned a safe deposit box that has remained relatively untouched by his children, with whom he left the key, until 1990 when…