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The Portable Phonograph
Title: The Portable Phonograph
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 323 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Portable Phonograph
Walter Clark’s short story, “the portable phonograph” is a descriptive tale. In his first three paragraphs, he describes a miserable, cold and harsh environment. The four characters that were described in this story were the only survivors of a brutal war. This story was written in 1942, in the midst of WWII. The author is predicting what the environment will be like after the war ends. Art and literature and music are more important than …showed first 75 words of 323 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 323 total…keen to listen to the music on their phonograph even with thorns. They finally listen to Debussy using a steel needle although they have only three left: “They were all listening deeply, without movement (217).
The story shows how important arts are to human life even under very harsh circumstances. They gave the four men in the story hope. The setting of the story tells us about the value of fine arts to the future generations.
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