Compare Cheever's mid-life crisis males, Neddy Merrill and Francis Weed. Why or how does Francis survive his period of crisis and Neddy lose all he has been 'swimming' for?
Title: Compare Cheever's mid-life crisis males, Neddy Merrill and Francis Weed. Why or how does Francis survive his period of crisis and Neddy lose all he has been 'swimming' for?
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Compare Cheever's mid-life crisis males, Neddy Merrill and Francis Weed. Why or how does Francis survive his period of crisis and Neddy lose all he has been 'swimming' for?
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 648 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Mid-life Crisis' of Cheever's Neddy and Francis
Francis ("The Country Husband") and Neddy ("The Swimmer") both faced a mid-life crisis. They live in the same class of society with similar social expectations. The difference is Francis confronts his problems and comes out even, while Neddy just kept on swimming.
When Francis arrives at home after surviving a plane crash he is upset that no one will listens to his story. He tells his wife …showed first 75 words of 648 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 648 total…type of mid-life crisis that stems from the life style they lead. This lifestyle in the end produces two very different results for Neddy Merrill and Francis Weed.
Works Cited
Cheever, John. "The Country Husband." ENE 101: Literature and Composition I Course
Reader. Kingston: Royal Military College of Canada, Division of Continuing
Studies, 2001. 116-134.
Cheever, John. "The Swimmer." ENE 101: Literature and Composition I Course
Reader. Kingston: Royal Military College of Canada, Division of Continuing
Studies, 2001. 87-95.