Author


 * John Hoyer Updike **



He was born on (March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009) One reanson why John died was because he had a smoking background which lead to serious lung cancer and then to death. **National Book Critics Circle** which are the top major American literary prizes. when his dad teached at a local high school as a science teacher.
 * John was a Amercan novelist, poet,and short story writter.
 * John received award like the **Pulitzer Prize**, **National Book Award**, and
 * John invented towns like Brewer and Olinger thats were based on his childhood

why he wrote the sory The chest in Updike's story ia a kind of time capsule if the early twentieth century. what was in the chest 1.it contains auburn curls from a haircut in 1919, recallin the bobbed styles tha were popular after World War I. 2.The 1925 weddig dress probably had a short hem in front and a long one in back. 3.The photograph of the main character's father as a college football player in the early 1920s probably shows him wearing a leather helmet that provided much less protection than synthetic helmets today.
 * __THE BROWN CHEST__**