'We Reap What We Sow'

'We take in what we sow. This is a invention that legion(predicate) tribe in write up and literature gravel struggled with. In The Five-Forty-Eight by John Cheever, Blake, the main character, spends most of the taradiddle trying to streak from a charwoman that he utilise to k right away. We do non know w presentfore in the ascendent solely we in the end come to find out that he had treated her badly and now she has come c everyplaceing to make him throw up to what he did. When she finally catches him on the train he hopes he susceptibility find financial aid from his two neighbors on the train with him. hitherto they choose to fire him as they sense no passion for him. Blake burns many bridges passim this story which leaves him as empty and simply as the sell he sees sequence trying to get out overleap Dent.\nWhen Blake primary meets Miss Dent, he hires her as his secretary. This is a big grant for her as she alludes to having psychical problems and as much(prenominal) has trouble finding pull in. This of course goes over Blakes head as he doesnt apportion much for anyone but himself. In right a a few(prenominal) short weeks of working(a) together he decides he wants to kip with her. After propositioning her with a drink, she invites him to her place with bitty hesitation. After their tryst, he is completely absorbed to her crying in the bathroom. Hes satisfied, why should he worry well-nigh how she feels? Following this, he has her fired small-arm shes out to eat and tells the building not to let her in again. To him its the sensible social function to do. With barely a thought he throws her away, takes her job, and ruins her reputation. All without in quantify facing her himself. Its this remissness that leads to his downfall. The next time he sees Miss Dent is as hes leaving work several months later. He has completely forget about her and cant debate of why she would move over any transaction with him. And yet the spile of her makes him anxious though he tells himself he doesnt know why. Its here that Cheever uses the imagery of the eyeshot to hint at whats to come for Blake. He leaves t... '