Blue Angel- Swensons life

Swenson from beginning to end of the novel is dealing with many troubles. By then end of the novel it becomes overwhelming to even the reader. Working at a college where he does not enjoy his job, he has aspirations to be a writer and so he works towards it. His relationship with his wife  becomes stagnant and boring and essentially loses connection with his daughter due to who she chose to date. He then has sex with a student who uses him and exposes him, making him lose his family, his job, and respect for himself and people around him. Swenson's fall from grace is surely a sad one, but one he brought upon himself.