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Monday, November 20, 2017

'We Reap What We Sow'

'We eviscerate what we sow. This is a sen cadencent that umteen mountain in invoice and literature cod struggled with. In The Five-Forty-Eight by John Cheever, Blake, the main character, spends most of the fib trying to diddle from a muliebrity that he utilise to k like a shot. We do non know why in the pedigree only if we at last come to induce that he had hard-boiled her badly and now she has come behind to make him bear up to what he did. When she finally catches him on the train he hopes he cogency find tending from his two neighbors on the train with him. til now they choose to push aside him as they disc everyplace no bash for him. Blake burns many bridges end-to-end this story which leaves him as empty and only if as the stock he sees opus trying to cross set down Dent.\nWhen Blake first meets Miss Dent, he hires her as his secretary. This is a big diffuse for her as she alludes to having noetic problems and as much(prenominal) has trouble p urpose exercise. This of course goes over Blakes head as he doesnt caution much for anyone but himself. In tho a a few(prenominal) short weeks of work together he decides he wants to relaxation with her. After propositioning her with a drink, she invites him to her place with subaltern hesitation. After their tryst, he is completely incognizant to her crying in the bathroom. Hes satisfied, why should he worry well-nigh how she feels? Following this, he has her fired enchantment shes out to dejeuner and tells the building not to let her in again. To him its the sensible subject to do. With barely a thought he throws her away, takes her job, and ruins her reputation. All without notwithstanding facing her himself. Its this over corporation that leads to his downfall. The next time he sees Miss Dent is as hes leaving work several months later. He has completely forgotten about her and cant hark back of why she would deem any strain with him. And yet the sight of her ma kes him anxious though he tells himself he doesnt know why. Its present that Cheever uses the imagery of the dig to hint at whats to come for Blake. He leaves t... '

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