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The Five-Forty-Eight, By John Cheever (1954)

The Five-Forty-Eight, By John Cheever (1954)

Rating: 7.5/10

Well, after reading The Swimmer by the same author, Cheever, this story looks as if it was written by a different author. There are some similarities that exist between these two stories, the narrator in the story is somewhat representing the typical problematic figure of man during that society. Both of them do morally wrong things like committing adultery. However, unlike The Swimmer, which had many devices and a creative plot to interest the readers, I didn't really find anything from The Five-Forty-Eight. You could say that instead of symbols, this story had one more important figure, the woman. However, I couldn't find any message delivered from an additional character. Is it that revenge always follows? or You should behave kindly to your neighbors so that you can get help when you're threatened with a gun?. Even the ending which shows how the woman seemed satisfied and forgotten about Blake did not give me any thrills or any message. I personally found this story unnecessarily long, without achieving anything with the elements the author implemented in the story, therefore I rate this story 7.5 out of 10.

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