ZOOEY GLEAVES
“All things exotic behind me.”
The cultural and historical background of this creative piece was inspired by John Cheever and his story ‘The Swimmer’. Set in the Sixties, in particular 1964, my story uses the Cold War, and more importantly Vietnam, as its context: references to Communism, as well as Scarlet Vincere’s name, were used to foreshadow Vietnam’s victory in the war against America. Italian and Greek names were also used to show the roots of stories from Greek and Roman history: the Styx was the River of the Dead used by Charon to ship souls to Hades; Dakryon comes from a mythic source meaning ‘pool of tears’.
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