In the story “The Swimmer” by John Cheever, Neddy the main character takes a journey through his neighbor’s pools across town. As Neddy swims across his neighborhood we see that he thinks of himself to be better than everyone else, he seems to have a happy life but as time goes on nevertheless we find Neddy isolating himself from others. He makes a habit of declining invitations to neighborly parties because he believes to be of a higher social class than his friends. We also see a pattern in the short story of Neddy seeming to forget certain details about his life and friends. After reading John Cheever’s “The Swimmer” we realize that social class and wealth can fade over time, as well as memory and consciousness, before we realize it we