Introduction to Essay #1

In the story “Swinger” by Paul Brown, Steve, on a trip home from college, visits with old friends from high school and reflects on the different paths each of his friends has taken while comparing it with his own. Steve feels as though he was able to get away from the mentality and the rut of small town life that his friends seem to have fallen in. Throughout the story, Brown makes a few of the themes very apparent. In order to break away from the everyday routine you have to experience new things and adapt to changes.