"The Swimmer" by John Cheever

The swimmer written by "John Cheever" is good example of escape from daily life indeed. Cheever uses main character somehow reflect daily way of american life style with consuming of alcoholic drinks and house parties, along with painful experiences main character, Neddy Merril underwent. In short the story reflects, Neddy's surrealistic escape from the loss of his daughters. Also, every swimming pool reflects the different moments of life, sometimes fast and just like a leaf falling from a tree or sometimes somewhere you don't know or don't like or do not liked. …