Character Analysis For The Portable Phonograph
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Walter Van Tilburg Clark's short story, The Portable Phonograph, is a
tale about the last survivors in the world after the total destruction of a war.
The author gives clues and hints of this throughout the beginning by writing in
a narative voice and describing the scene in dark war-like terms. T ....
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record player that he brings out once a week for the listening pleasure of the
group. He is very proud of this treasure. It has sustained through these hard
times just as he has and he limits his use of it to make it last. He owns only
three steel needles and he gets one out to use because on this particular
occasion, their is a musician visitor with them. The other men act as excited as
children. They listen to the record and then leave the doctor's house.
Doctor Jenkins is nervous and susp ....
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