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Britton Stotler 3-8-03 In the short story Reunion, by John Cheever, there exists a complex relationship between a boy named Charlie and his father. Cheever shows this relationship through a number of stylistic devices, as well as the overall tone of the story. This story is told through the eyes of Charlie, who describes the last time he had seen his father. In the beginning of the story, Charlie is looking forward to meeting his father who he has not seen in three year since his parents got divorced. Through Charlie’s language we are led to believe that he is nervous about the meeting. “He was a stranger to me”, shows that Charlie is anxious and possibly apprehensive about his upcoming meeting with his father. “But as soon as I saw him I felt he was my father,” this statement implies that Charlie still views the man, who he has not seen in three years, as his father and that his feelings of apprehension have gone. Charlie’s father, who is never given a name during the story, forms the image in the reader’s mind of wealthy business man. Cheever creates this image of Charlie’s father through many statements and dialogue. “His secretary wrote to say that he would meet me at the information booth at noon, and at twelve o’clock sharp I saw him coming through the crowd.” This statement shows that his father had such a busy life that he didn’t even have the time to write back to his son, who he hasn’t even seen in three years.
Approximate Word count = 860
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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