Symbolism and The Enormous Radio by John Cheever

In the Enormous Radio, the reader finds that Jim and Irene Westcott, the main characters of the story, seem like an average family although the truth is not. They are seeing themselves as the superior people who listen classical music which is referred to high level of society. However; after participating the new radio into their life, they notice such of problems that have already been in their life. Thus they, especially Irene begin to analyze her family's life.
Apparently, Symbolic elements was used in text in order to connect their life with readers' daily life. For example The new radio which can commonly be encountered in life connect Jim and Irene Westcott to their neighbour. Moreover; actually main characters symbolize the normal English family whose members assumes and try to reflect unproblematic daily life to others. If 20.century English people is analyzed, the kind of people like Jim and Irene Westcott must be met.
Because of new radio's purpose which is telling something about other's life in the story, the old radio has the mission of hiding of their issues. The reader understands these with the entering new radio into their, especially Irene's, life from beginning the problems with new radio. Therefore it symbolize these kind of issues encountered in  English 20. century life.
To sum up John Cheever used symbolism as these elements in the story, Moreover the question, why the writer chose a radio, not choose something else, is the most essential one. The answer is simple, the radio refers to invention of modern life that stands at the center of the Enormous Radio.