The short story "The Swimmer" is representative of John Cheever's suburban stories,which shows the vivid pictures of middle class people's "happy life" mode.The question is that is such a &...The short story "The Swimmer" is representative of John Cheever's suburban stories,which shows the vivid pictures of middle class people's "happy life" mode.The question is that is such a "happy life" really happy.After analyzing the protagonist Neddy Merril's Odyssean journey,the author concludes that so-called a "happy life" is no more than an illusion.展开更多
文摘The short story "The Swimmer" is representative of John Cheever's suburban stories,which shows the vivid pictures of middle class people's "happy life" mode.The question is that is such a "happy life" really happy.After analyzing the protagonist Neddy Merril's Odyssean journey,the author concludes that so-called a "happy life" is no more than an illusion.