It has been a while, but I believe that I have read the Adding Machine before. Rice was portraying the difficulties of workers and their families during the time that unions were coming about and the struggles of working families.
Posted by ChristopherParfitt at February 1, 2005 10:44 PM | TrackBackHey Christopher, I'm Karissa. I'm in EL367, too, just so you know (my link is to my blog). I can definetly see the struggle with the working class families illustrated in Rice's "The Adding Machine." What with the unhappiness between Zero and Mrs. Zero, Zero's dislike of his job, and their lack of a social life, it would appear that there isn't much to life for them. Really depressing.
Posted by: Karissa at February 2, 2005 06:26 PM