What Makes John Cheever’s “Reunion” An Effective Story? A family who ends up in divorce with a child stuck in the middle has become a typical and common entity in American culture. Most of us know someone or is a victim of similar backgrounds. Even if not, it doesn’t take much of a genius to figure out that if both separated parents do not take full responsibility and become an active participant throughout …showed first 75 words of 1090 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1090 total…a rise out of the newsstand clerk, when the main purpose was to get Charlie a paper to read during his train ride. All this animosity coming from a higher working class man signals a bright red flashing light. Although this may be a very short story, John Cheever’s style of writing gives an abundant amount detailed thought to effectively have the reader understand the cold reality of this tragic father and son relationship.