Kuno convinces Vashti to take the airship to visit him in spite of the fact that Vashti does not enjoy seeing the surface of the earth because it gives her “no ideas”. After Kuno’s experience on the surface of the earth he gets in contact with his mother on the other side of the world to convince her to visit him face to face so he can explain his adventure to her. Once Kuno reaches the surface the mending apparatus of the Machine entangles him because on his journey to the surface he tears the machine. Kuno questions the machine and takes it upon himself to leave the machine without permission to go to the surface of the earth to explore. Kuno is the son of Vashti, a woman who like the others worships the Machine. The Machine completely takes away the need for the people to physically do anything for themselves. For example if they dropped something they didn’t have to bend over to pick it up, because the machine would elevate the floor to their level. ’ The Machine does everything for the people from playing music to making their beds. The story takes place below the earth’s surface in ‘The Machine. I will try to analyze the time’s that Forster grew up in and the impact they may have had on his view of the future, also the benefits and downfalls of modern technologies and a quick summary of the novella by Forster.

There is a lot in this story that can be compared with our lives now in regards to dependence on technology and the way that it controls our lives, I am going to discuss that in this paper along with how this story and David Strong’s article can be compared. ”Connected by something similar to the internet and communicating only by webcam, their every need is met and physical contact has become obsolete. M Forster is an amazing prediction of a future where humans live below the surface of the earth in “The Machine. Machine Stops Draft 24 March 2010 The Machine Stop’s published in 1909 by E.

Forster the machine stops