The Greatest Human Conflict
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SummaryIn The Country Husband, John Cheever introduces us to Francis Weed, a passive country man who leads a lackluster life. The story begins with a plane crash—an event that should be traumatizing and life-altering. However, Frances Weed hardly has a reaction to this frightening setting. He is truly a monument to apathy. Ironically, the crash is not the catalyst for the series of dramatized moments that gradually change his character; instead, his encounters with women stir his dormant emotions. Descriptions of the setting within each of these experiences reflect this sudden awakening. His memories, dreams, and newfound love seem to manifest every atmosphere. Unfortunately, the superficiality of his town stifles any emotion his experiences garner. He eventually must make a choice all humans face—whether to employ these changes in perceiving the settings of every day life, or to simply suppress them. Francis’ reactions to the elements of setting in his world reflect the transformations in his character.
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- The story opens with a gloomy, surreal description of the sky when Francis is onboard the plane
- Despite the magnitude of a plane crash, the first significant change within Francis occurs at a typical social gathering
- The people in the Farquarsons' living room seemed united in their tacit claim that there had been no past, no war'.the atmosphere of Shady Hill made the memory unseemly and impolite.?
- Francis initially internalizes this powerful change that Anne triggers. As he lay in bed, she consumes his thoughts.
- Of course, such an emotional high is as fleeting as a daydream of a snow-covered mountain
- Francis discovers the ultimate downfall in his emotional change when he learns that Anne is engaged to be married to an unlikable neighborhood boy, Clayton
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