The Swimmer John Cheever
Does the story reflect John Cheever’s life and experience of alcoholism and addiction? In the short stories that John Cheever wrote over his lifetime he reflected himself in the main characters personality. As an example the short story “The Swimmer”, the main character is portrayed as an alcoholic who loses everything from his friends to his wife. John Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer, he is now known as the most notable short story writer of the 20th century. Cheever growing up had a difficult life from financial problems because of the Great Depression to his father who fell into the stress became an alcoholic. Cheever started expressing his life struggles through the vision of his characters. In the story “The Swimmer”