John Cheever's "Goodbye, My Brother" And "The Seaside Houses": Symbolic Nature Of Water
5 pages in length. Acclaimed American writer John Cheever is a master at employing symbolic meaning throughout his works. Within the literary boundaries of Goodbye, My Brother and The Seaside Houses, Cheever utilizes water as the primary symbolic element, clearly demonstrating how the ebb and flow of the ocean's incalculable presence is directly related to the ebb and flow of human existence. Coupled with the ironic tone is a style rich in diversity, for Cheever easily and masterfully juggles control from one character to another, establishing the final conclusion to be anyone's guess. The author symbolically depicts his characters as having no real place in this world other than their own myopic existence; it is through the power of his writing that he helps to develop a certain vulnerability in connect with their plight. No additional sources cited.
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