3/28/07

The Swimmer by John Cheever

Quote1:
"We've been terrebly sorry to hear about all your misfortunes, Neddy"
"My misfortunes?" Ned asked. "I don't know what you mean."
"Why, we heard that you'd sold the house and that your poor children........"
" I don't recall having sold the house." Ned said. "and the girls are at home."
"Yes," Mrs. Halloran sighed. "Yes....."

Ned is swimming across the county to what he bevies is his house. This quote implies that something bad has happened in his life and maybe his delusions have something to do with this. Trauma may have caused him to forget or maybe he wanted to forget. Maybe he is drunk and cant remember what has happened. He believes that he still has his house and that his daughters are in that house. I don't know where his wife if, he seems to still love her and still think that they are together and in their house. Mrs. Halloran knows what has happened to him but realizes that he doesn't remember such incidents.


Quote 2:
"It was probably the frist time in his adult life that he had ever cried, certinly the first time in his life that he ever felt so miserable, cold, tierd, and bewildered."

This is a very sad quote. I think that he is starting to realize that something is wrong. People are treating him differently and he realizes something has changed. I don't think that he realized his house and family are gone. It's very sad that his life has taken such a bad turn and that he doesn't even though that it has happened. I feel bad for this character because he is so scared and sad and alone. He doesn't even know why he feels this way either or what is wrong in his life.