约翰·契弗短篇小说《巨型收音机》展示了女主人公艾琳从体面幸福的梦幻回到冰冷残酷的现实之心路历程。本文拟分析艾琳的幸福生活幻景及其对中产阶级身份地位的追寻与认同,揭示她在这一身份认同过程中人格扭曲、自我异化的实质,认为小说体现了作者对中产阶级前途命运的深切忧虑。 John Cheever short story “Giant Radio” shows the heroine Eileen from the dream of decent happiness back to the cruel reality of the mentality of the cold. This article intends to analyze Eileen’s happy life illusion and its pursuit and recognition of the status of the middle class, revealing the essence of personality distortions and self-alienation in her identification process, and concludes that the novel reflects the writer’s deep understanding of the future and destiny of the middle class concern.