“But we’ve never been like that, have we darling? Have we? (TER) One of the interesting aspects of John Cheever’s “The Enormous Radio” is his characterization. Cheever is known for characters who are lonely, and pretend that their lives are happy when they are really not. This story is about an average married couple, Irene and Jim Westcott, who spend a good deal of time listening to music on the radio. One day …showed first 75 words of 993 total…

…showed last 75 words of 993 total…abortionist?” She had no reason to get one only that she didn’t want to get heavy and “ugly”. He confronts her with all the wrong she has done and lets her realize that she is far from perfect. All of Jim’s changes are in result of Irene. John Cheever has described his characters as being more concerned with appearance than reality. He describes his characters in this story as being typical Cheever characters.