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O' Youth and Beauty! The Drama of a Man?s Mid-life Crisis The story
?O? Youth and Beauty!? by John Cheever is about the ...
... their own ?fearful meditation? (9) on time and ruin reaping youth and beauty from
the ... are free of its operations (Duncan, 240) as it ?o?er-sways ...
... their own ?fearful meditation? (9) on time and ruin reaping youth and beauty from
the ... are free of its operations (Duncan, 240) as it ?o?er-sways ...
... behind this poem, to show how time destroys youth and beauty. ... Youth is so vibrant
and lively, a stark comparison to old ... Age, I do defy thee: O, sweet shepherd ...
... awe and inspiration that he experienced in his youth in this ... The swan is a symbol
of enduring love o He reflects ... swans in all of their love and beauty seem the ...
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The Drama of a Man’s Mid-life Crisis
The story “O’ Youth and Beauty!” by John Cheever is about the Bentley family, who live in Shady Hill as a happily married couple, who have their fair share ups and downs. Cash Bentley, the father of the household, is a former track star who has many money problems, and at times can be very touchy. Cash also had a charming quality of stubborn youthfulness, and felt they he always need to prove his youthfulness to his peers. Everytime the Bentleys went out drinking with their friends Cash would be reminded of his age and thinning hair and would feel the need to prove his youthfulness by hurtling living room furniture. One night Cash doesn’t make one of his hurtles and ends up breaking his leg, and this has severe effects as everything around Cash begins to change for the worse. While Cash is out of work and unable to prove his youthfulness he begins to fall into a deep depression and begins to drink more alcohol than usual. Throughout the story events occur which make Cash fall deeper into depression and ultimately cause him to have a mid-life crisis. I feel that Cash’s mid-life crisis is the main theme of the story and Cheever shows the effects and impacts that mid-life crisis can have on a person’s life.
When reading about Cash Bentley I got the feeling that he has been depressed for years because of the way he drink everyday after work and becomes really irritable when
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something simple goes wrong. An example of Cash being unreasonable is when he gets really angry when dinner isn’t ready and drags the argument, with is wife Louise, on for
days and days. The only time cash ever seems to be happy is when he us proving his youthfulness ands athletic ability by hurtling living room furniture. I feel that once Cash breaks his leg this is the turning point of the story and triggers the mid-life crisis because of the way he becomes so depressed and consumed in...
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