Monday, October 12, 2009

1. The Enormous Radio

Last week we read the text"The Enormous Radio" and I want to mention the important parts ( at least for me :)) of that text. The story is about Jim and Irene Wescot. The couple is interested in music. They like to listen radio too. Wescot family has an old radio and one day Jim promise to buy a new radio for Irene. However, the radio makes some disturbing noises, which are the sounds of their neighbours. Jim and Irene try to solve the problem with the radio but they can't achieve that. Irene follow the conversations. It seems funny but then Irene becomes depressed and start to questionized their marrige, future and money. This couple lives in an apartment in New York's East Side and wants to move in a house, which shows us "the American Dream". They want to own a house in the suburbs, they have two kids and the husband has a job... The husband, Jim, loves his family. But Jim and Irene don't share any thing except music! Jim is a naive person because he doesn't spend time with his wife and family. He finds a sollution for this by buying this radio but the new radio becomes a significant factor between their relationship!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Cemre,
    I'm pleased to see you've written about this story, which I think is a fascinating one. You have a pretty solid summary here - do you think you can explore the themes a bit more? For example, the American Dream...you may like to read my blog post #2 for some ideas...
    Keep up the good work!

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