Living in the Past based on short story Ace in the Hole
Living in the Past John Updike tells a story of a man torn due to the loss of his job and his plummeting self esteem in the short story “Ace in the Hole”. Ace, the protagonist of the story, seems to be a child at heart. ... Updike presents this attitude through many of Ace’s actions and mannerisms. ... Yet in the end of the story, Ace presents himself as a man of certain respect and a certain charm which attracts his controlling wife and turns her attitude around. Fred ‘Ace’ Anderson is a man of great height, but small dreams. Standing at six foot six, Ace felt the world was at his hands. ... “Ace angrily sailed the paper into an armchair. Now it was Fred Anderson; it used to be Ace.