Reunion
(John Cheever)
This short story is told on a young boy’s point of view, Charlie, who brought back to mind a meeting with his father who he hasn’t seen for more than three years. He meets up with his father during a stop over between trains in New York.
The author relays this image with the use of formal language during the communications between Charlie and his father, “His secretary wrote to say that he would meet me at the information booth at noon”. This in contrast to the less formal style of writing used when Charlie is involved, “at 12 o’clock sharp I saw him coming”. That last quote also shows that his father is punctual which strengthens the businessman stereotype we have already placed him in, yet to his surprise this image was kind of confused, when his father invited him to go to club and hinting him to pick up some girls in and around where they at……… (to be continued)
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