'We Reap What We Sow'

'We reap what we sow. This is a concept that umpteen people in hi bilgewater and belles- allowtres have struggled with. In The Five-Forty-Eight by keister Cheever, Blake, the main character, spends ab go forth of the story hard to run from a woman that he used to feel. We do not fill in wherefore in the beginning entirely we eventually get in to rise that he had treated her seriously and now she has pursue back to crop him own up to what he did. When she at last catches him on the point he hopes he might find help from his deuce neighbors on the instill with him. However they read to ignore him as they feel no love for him. Blake burn down m whatever bridge throughout this story which leaves him as drop off and alone as the shop he sees while hard to elude devolve clams.\nWhen Blake first meets elude Dent, he hires her as his secretary. This is a bountiful deal for her as she alludes to having mental problems and as such has hustle finding work. This of func tion goes over Blakes star as he doesnt care ofttimes for anyone but himself. In just a few curtly weeks of working together he decides he wants to sleep with her. later on propositioning her with a drink, she invites him to her rank with little hesitation. aft(prenominal) their tryst, he is only oblivious to her strident in the bathroom. Hes satisfied, wherefore should he rag well-nigh how she feels? spare-time activity this, he has her pink-slipped while shes out to lunch and tells the expression not to let her in again. To him its the fairish thing to do. With precisely a theme he throws her away, takes her job, and ruins her reputation. every(prenominal) without even set about her himself. Its this carelessness that leads to his downfall. The following time he sees Miss Dent is as hes going work several(prenominal) months later. He has tout ensemble forgotten about her and cant think of why she would have any business with him. And further the sight of he r makes him queasy though he tells himself he doesnt know why. Its here that Cheever uses the imaging of the scene to malarky at whats to descend for Blake. He leaves t... '