In todays society all we think about is "getting away." We love to let go of whatever is going on in life and escape reality for the time being. In Radway's writing she states that women read romances to shortly escape from their lives and from reality. This is seen when she states, "When asked why they read romances, the Smithton women are overwhelmingly cite escape or relaxation as their goal." (68) With our society today people are always rushing around and always busy making it difficult to escape from our everyday lives. 



I feel like this picture expresses the American lifestyle. So busy and challenging that sometimes you need to just run away from everything. The line at the bottom "Its always good to escape those pesky random battles," somewhat explains life. Not always can you get away from troubles in life but when you have time alone to "forget the rest," its a big weight off your shoulders. The "pesky random battles," are similar to the obstacles we face in life everyday. Escaping reality weather it be reading a romance, watching tv, playing a sport, or going the the gym, for that short period of time during the day there is that freedom feeling, to escape everything bad in your life, is indescribable.