Cheever has been criticized for being too predictable and somewhat "girlish." When problems are resolved fairly without any complications to any charact

The other half of the trouble causing style is the way the story is laid out. An enjoyable story has to be understandable in addition to a great plot. When characters are not fully introduced and scenes are not completed, the book's popularity suffers a depression of recognition. In chapters one through eight the story skipped around from character to character. In chapter one in started by telling the back ground of the Wapshots through a family tree sort of deal. The chapter was vague like my support paragraphs; it was not developed enough (joke). Then into the second paragraph the story shifts to an ancestor of the Wapshots and spoke of the journals he wrote. In them he told of the first Topaz and its captain becoming lost at sea. Then once again the scene shifts, this time to the parade that the two Wapshot boys were watching. This time the parade was the center of attention along with Mrs. Wapshot and the float she was on. After this the story goes to the time before the parade, the beginning of chapter four started with Rosalie Young, right off the bat I was confused. This chapter told of her erotic experience, which was not as boring as the rest of the book. The picture in my head was of different characters that barely related to each other or to the book as a whole. After that the rest of the chapters followed the same trend until chapter eight, where three chapte

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Approximate Word count = 930
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)