“The Telephone” In Anwar F. Accawi’s short story, “The Telephone,” The village of Magdaluna was overcome by the telephone. Magdaluna was a simple town. The villagers did not have much, and technology was very new to them. They judged time by certain events that happened. For example, an earthquake, or the birth of an important person would be sufficient to get a feel time concepts. The children would play in the streets and run …showed first 75 words of 1064 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1064 total…with the telephone because everything is done “on-line.” We can get our mail, buy groceries, do research, create websites, and get the latest news. On the Internet, you can learn everything from how to cook, to how to make a bomb. The telephone, for Accawi, was, in fact, “bad news.” As for the world as a whole, the telephone brought on great technological advances and the world would be a totally different place without it.