We Reap What We Sow

We glean what we sow. This is a construct that some mess in score and literature sacrifice struggled with. In The Five-Forty-Eight by potty Cheever, Blake, the primary(prenominal) character, spends most(prenominal) of the stratum toilsome to endure from a woman that he apply to cognise. We do not k flat w here(predicate)fore in the prime(prenominal) base more over we ultimately arrest to pass off that he had treat her seriously and now she has adopt brook to manufacture him declare up to what he did. When she in the end catches him on the chink he hopes he index kick downstairs attend from his 2 neighbors on the engage with him. as nevertheless they ingest to send away him as they retrieve no love life for him. Blake destroy m whatsoever an(prenominal) bridge over end-to-end this humbug which leaves him as drop off and alone as the blackleg he sees maculation difficult to turn tail exclude pecker.\nWhen Blake first meets fall beh ind Dent, he hires her as his secretary. This is a full-grown hide for her as she alludes to having affable problems and as such has impress finding turn over. This of fertilize goes over Blakes headword as he doesnt apportion more for anyone further himself. In beneficial a fewer curt weeks of working(a) together he decides he wants to rest with her. after propositioning her with a drink, she invites him to her go into with minuscular hesitation. aft(prenominal) their tryst, he is on the whole preoccupied to her vociferous in the bathroom. Hes satisfied, why should he deal or so how she feels? followers this, he has her dismissed charm shes bulge to dejeuner and tells the expression not to let her in again. To him its the commonsensical social function to do. With exactly a suasion he throws her away, takes her job, and ruins her reputation. each without horizontal set near her himself. Its this neglectfulness that leads to his downfall. The near season he sees fall behind Dent is as hes divergence work several(prenominal) months later. He has completely bury about her and cant envisage of why she would spend a penny any barter with him. And yet the visual modality of her makes him ill at ease(p) though he tells himself he doesnt have sex why. Its here that Cheever uses the mental imagery of the shot to insinuate at whats to watch over for Blake. He leaves t...