Character Comparison: “The Swimmer” and “Babylon Revisited”

Both John Cheever and F. Scott Fitzgerald are writers of the 20th century, whose theme reflects despair and emptiness of life. In the story of "swimmers" and "revisited Babylon", the heroes will encounter similar problems. The theme of these two stories is related to the ultimate collapse of people. "Swimming player" tells the story of the person heading for reality. He did not know anything about his situation initially, but as time went on he began to notice that he lost everything.

The character of Charlie Wales is an important part of the Babylonian's revisit. Because he is a reliable, compassionate and comprehensive individual presented through advice and reasoning, dialogue and reference. As the story goes in and out of Charlie's present and past, the reader mainly begins to understand more than talking in public just through the details of Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's style of "Revisit Babylon" is amazing: Instead of the rich romantic essay of the early story like "diamonds as big as diamonds", he expresses discreet, careful I will use technology. Strong and painful emotions. Meaning The word is supple, powerful, elegant, and the reader knows little about it, but a careful and in-depth study shows that Fitzgerald became a masterpiece of contemporary short stories.

Both John Cheever and F. Scott Fitzgerald are writers of the 20th century, whose theme reflects despair and emptiness of life. In the story of "swimmers" and "revisited Babylon", the main characters will encounter similar problems, but each story has a different presentation. The theme of these two stories is related to the ultimate collapse of people. "Swimming player" tells the story of the person heading for reality. He did not know anything about his situation initially, but as time went on he began to notice that he lost everything. In "Revisiting Babylon", the key person is "recovery drunk" who went back to his hometown, hoping to regain his daughter. However, questions from ... show more content

Charlie Wales, the central character of "Babylon's revisit", lost everything in the Great Depression including his wife and daughter after rising tall in Paris in the late 1920s. After his wife died - probably during the snowstorm he confined her outside the apartment - Charlie handed his nephew custody of his daughter Honoriah. When the story began Charlie returned to Paris to regain honor. Charlie's hope seems shattered by accidental and catastrophic arrival of two drinking partners on the bad days of the past when persuading the suspected relatives that he truly reformed. At the end of the story, Charlie decided to keep his clarity and continue working hard to regain his daughter.