The theme of Change

• The acquisition of the radio represents a turning point for the family as well as in rural Irish culture History
• The radio was a newfangled technology that brings mass produced popular culture into the home
• The entry of this variety of music unleashes repressed urges in the five women
• Represents the industrial revolution which essentially costs Agnes and Rose their lives
• Kate notices this change
• '...suddenly you realise that hair cracks are appearing everywhere; that control is slipping away...whole thing is so fragile it can't be held together much longer. Its all about to collapse.'
• Pagan practises arise in the Munday home
• Radio was a new experience for Ireland
• Radio brings new voices ideas and music into their lives