The
Enormous Radio. By J. Cheever.
A
review by M.
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This interesting story is
about an average high middle-class couple in their late thirties. They are
happily married living the life of their dreams: two young kids, a maid, an
apartment that suits with their lifestyle and all the clothes and status
symbols needed to keep up with the Joneses.
Purchasing a new radio seems to be a sensible idea for Jim as the old one was
already on the blink. All the same, he is not still aware of how it will throw the
couple off balance. Since the radio arrived, Irene smelled a rat, anyway she
realized that the old radio was not a patch on the new one. After a careful examination,
they both discovered it had, in fact, a very unusual behavior. Suddenly, Jim
realized the radio was bearing on Irene as she was acting awkwardly and seemed overwhelmed
with mixed feelings of fear, curiosity, compassion and despair. Hoping to find
a solution, Jim called for the man to fix the radio.
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Thanks!
