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Reunion Short Story

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Reunion is a short story writing by the author John Cheever, and first published in 1962.

Today, is the day that a son(Charlie) is to meet his father for the first time in three years. The reason behind this is that for three years ago, his mom and dad got a divorce and Charlie haven 't seen his dad since. They’re to meet each other at the Grand Central Station and Charlie is tiptoeing of pure excitement. At first glimpse he knows it is his dad. Charlie needs to take a train soon, so they decide to go and get something to eat at a restaurant nearby where they also get the opportunity to talk. They are only inside the first restaurant for a few minutes, because of the dads bad behavior. After multiple restaurant attempts, Charlie needs to go and take his train. They have been in numerous restaurants, but haven’t got anything to eat or even got time to talk. Why? Because of the dads harsh and condescending communication to the waiters. And at last it is his fault that he didn’t get …show more content…

But it still sees like he has achieved some kind of success for example he got a secretary to take care of his calendar etc. “It was a rich compound of whiskey and after shave lotion, shoe polish, woolens, and the rankness of a mature male.” The smell of Charlie 's dad says a lot. They all sound good except maybe the whisky part. It got me thinking he might have some problems with alcohol. He also talked about that he wanted to show Charlie his club. Is he a manager for a sports club? Maybe the success he has achieved also has developed his arrogant behavior. And is the dad actually a boozer trying to look like a good role model just this one time for his son? Most of this is just hypothetical thinking, but what we truly can conclude is that the father got problems with his politeness. It is like it doesn’t even exist. he is kind to Charlie but Charlie only. He is too arrogant for waiters. This probably were the reason for the

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