John Cheever was an excellent writer during the twentieth century. The themes of his stories were sin, despair, and redemption. His story "The Five-Forty Eight" coincides with his themes of sin and redemption. Mr. Blake is portrayed as an evil person who only cared about himself. Miss Dent is a good person who just meets the wrong person at the wrong time and gets taken advantage of. .
There are multiple examples throughout the story where Blake only cares about himself. Blake is very self-centered and manipulative, and typically he gets what he wants. One example is when Blake's wife does not have dinner ready when Blake gets home from a "hard day's work". "I"m not going to speak to you for two weeks That will be the nineteenth."(554) His comment goes slightly overboard since he is speaking to the one he loves. However, does he really love his wife? "The physical charms that had been her only attraction were gone."(554). He only cares about himself because he has a wife, but he still insists on cheating on her.
Blake judges everyone and everything. He considers himself to be the perfect individual. Blake is always judging people on how they look and pointing out their imperfections. "He had classified almost all of them briefly before he buried his nose in the paper He marked them as rich, poor, brilliant, or dull." Blake has placed himself so high above everyone else that he cannot see his own flaws. .
During the story, Miss Dent gets the reader's compassion for what Blake does to her, both during and after their affair. Blake gets what he wants then discards her like she is nothing. Yet, the affair meant something more to Miss Dent. It was not just a one night stand. She did not do anything wrong to be treated like nothing.
Miss Dent was tired of being controlled her whole life. Whether it was the hospital telling her how she was supposed to act or Blake having her fired for no apparent reason.
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