We Reap What We Sow

We eviscerate what we sow. This is a concept that some(prenominal) people in tale and literature have struggled with. In The Five-Forty-Eight by John Cheever, Blake, the chief(prenominal) character, spends most of the floor exhausting to run from a cleaning woman that he used to know. We do non know wherefore in the beginning provided we eventually come to ascertain that he had treated her bad and now she has come backrest to make him own up to what he did. When she finally catches him on the maneuver he hopes he might find table service from his two neighbors on the train with him. However they choose to treat him as they feel no love for him. Blake burns galore(postnominal) bridges through egress this story which leaves him as empty and unaccompanied as the shop he sees while trying to ring dud Dent.\nWhen Blake first meets Miss Dent, he hires her as his secretary. This is a big deal for her as she alludes to having mental problems and as such(prenominal) has tr ouble finding work. This of stratum goes over Blakes head as he doesnt care oft for anyone but himself. In hardly a few slight weeks of working together he decides he wants to sleep with her. after(prenominal) propositioning her with a drink, she invites him to her place with petty(a) hesitation. After their tryst, he is only oblivious to her crying in the bathroom. Hes satisfied, why should he worry about how she feels? Following this, he has her fired while shes out to lunch and tells the building not to let her in again. To him its the fair thing to do. With barely a thought he throws her away, takes her job, and ruins her reputation. entirely without even facing her himself. Its this inattention that leads to his downfall. The next time he sees Miss Dent is as hes leaving work some(prenominal) months later. He has completely disregarded about her and cant think of why she would have any crinkle with him. And yet the sight of her makes him unquiet though he tells h imself he doesnt know why. Its here that Cheever uses the imaging of the scene to hint at whats to come for Blake. He leaves t...