The Machine Stops

Early in the 20th century, E. Forster wrote a short story called "The Machine Stops". This story outlines Foster 's possible view on the future. Disopoped society controlled by technology that everyone lives isolated in the basement. The story of Forster talks about a woman named Vashti and their son Kuno their interaction.

As the story begins, it is clear that the world in which these people live is different from the one we are currently in. "If possible, please imagine a small hexagonal room like a beehive, it will not be lit or lit, but it is full of soft shiny vent, but the air is fresh ... ... Foster said this story continues and we understand that this society is dominated by so-called machinery.

When Vashti and her son talked through some form of video communication, people in this society seem to live in a very isolated system. Vashti's repeated opinion is that no one should "oppose the machine". She repeated this sentence through the story repeatedly, but in 1984 it reminds me of another story about fainting society. George Orwell 's novel was written by the authority of his brother and party.

In "Machine Stop", and in 1984, those who did something or say something to an authoritative person were expelled, or in the case of Foster's novel they were sent to the homeless. They are exposed to the air and are killed. Essentially, even though people do not like machines and parties, they have to make nothing to say bad things to them.

Another thing I noticed while reading "The Machine Stops" is that they used capital letters to point to the machine. I think this is because they worship the machine as a godlike character in their world. On the other hand, "book" and "committee". I'm not sure why these words are excluded. Are they worshiping everything the committee does? Do they capitalize Book? I do not quite understand its importance

Modern critics are not very friendly with "machine stops". In a book published in 1938 by Foster Woods's "Foster", Mr. Macquarie said: "Foster's morality is to describe the fertility rate and the creativity of graphic Welsh in combination with Chesterton's phobia, but because of lack of charm, humor and style, written by others The goal of this story to accomplish is: "stopping the machine" does not mean humor or appeal because the machine world is neither humorous nor appealing because it is a style If Macquarie can visit Foster's diary, she will definitely notice that the story may come from other parts of Foster.

Going ahead, the first explanation of the world of fake utopia and computer domination is EM Forster "machine stop" issued in 1909. In "Machine Stop" people live in the basement, few individual "cells". There is no direct contact. Foster introduces the concept of television screens and videoconferencing, and society that meets the needs of all people through computers. Unfortunately, the machine is collapsing, and the main character of the story, Kuno, understands that people need to reconnect with nature living on the surface of the earth.

Edward Morgan Forster, author of "The Machine Stops", is known for "countering tradition and religion" and "traditional Christian defects" (Gale). In his story, Foster's explanation of technology dependence became a commentary with a religious meaning. Machines offered to all citizens of this futuristic civilization begin with the creation of human beings created by humans to improve human life, as human beings are the religious creator. When society people are used to the services offered by machines they will make unnatural dependence.