The Machine Stops E M Forster Effects of the Machine on two characters in the story, Kuno and Vashti.

Throughout the whole of this short story, 'The Machine Stops', we are shown the possibility of a world dominated by machines. In a similar way to 'The Terminator' or 'The Matrix', it tells of how humans lose control and are pushed out of the life they created. Two of the characters, Vashti, a lecturer, and her son, Kuno, show the ways in which this new race of people is taken over by the Machine. They, …

…with electronic gadgets like the Internet and TV, we should never forget that their are real everyday people who are different and special. We should be careful not to become reliant on something as inhuman as a computer and should recognise the importance of seeing, hearing, feeling, doing and finding out for ourselves. If not, we signify our own downfall through our own masterpieces. And there are many possibilities of apocalyptic disaster for our kind.