Questions for ‘Enormous Radio’
1- What kind of narrator is telling the story?
2- Is narrator reliable? Why or why not?
3- When and where do you think this story occurs?
4- What sort of relationship exists between Irene and Jim?
5- In what ways do Irene and Jim Westcott differ from people?
6- What does the radio symbolize?
7- How does the narrator describe the old radio in the second paragraph? Does the old radio reflect anything about the Westcotts?
8- Does possession of the radio give the Wescotts any advantages or disadvantages over their neighbors? What kind of?
9- Does Irene Westcott’s radio listening addiction resemble to smoking or alcohol addiction?
10- What does the radio tell us about Irene Westcott’s and other people lives?
