- Sep 2015
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Man"s feet are the measure for distance,
Kunos realization of measurement Feet = Distance Hands = ownership Body=love, desire, strength
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unmechanical names
Common way of speaking is "Unmechanical" old time-y.
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idea
what does the term "ideas" really mean to this society, the context seems to be a false representation of our idea of an idea.
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By these days it was a demerit to be muscular.
I found this aspect similar to a direction today's society is headed in. Athleticism is definitely not as stressed as in previous generations.
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The woman
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hexagonal in shape, like the cell of a bee
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His image is the blue plate faded.
an example of the false sense of interaction, Vashti is satisfied with yet Kuno is not.
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Then she generated the light, and the sight of her room, flooded with radiance and studded with electric buttons, revived her.
Vashti is immediately remedied of her loneliness when Kuno isolates himself by the familiar artificial lights and buttons of her machine. These people seems to only dwell in emotions in the time it takes to press a single button. The subtraction of family and emotions is replaced by the artificial machine.
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"I want to see you not through the Machine," said Kuno. "I want to speak to you not through the wearisome Machine."
Question 2: In todays society we are becoming more and more disconnected from face to face human interaction. This example between mother and son, emphasizing that in this futuristic society complete basic family communication has been reduced to a "facetime".
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