The Horrifying World Forster Creates in The Machine Stops...

The Horrifying World Forster Creates in The Machine Stops In The Machine Stops Forster creates a world set in the future, where machines rule. In fact, machines run life so much so that human beings, by this time, have adapted accordingly to life and the lifestyle it brings. In the arm-chair there sits a swaddled lump of flesh - a woman, about five feet high, with a face as white as a fungus, Forster writes. This is a pretty horrific description because it shows us that in the world Forster has created, people get no exercise whatsoever. There is in fact no need to get any exercise with the life the humans lead under the control of The Machine. Infants [are] examined at birth, and all who†¦show more content†¦Life then cannot go on! It is often perceived that life is better and easier with machines - but it is eerie to think of what will happen without them, as they are the ones that actually truly have the control. Again, it is often thought that with the machines man is able to control everything, but what if in truth The Mach ine is actually reactionary to society and civilization? Life then becomes less secure than we care to believe. So changes in lifestyle indeed have occurred, and the main one being that people basically need not ever to leave the comfort of their own home! Video telephone calls are available, so it is possible to call people and see them visually during the conversation - but therefore, in this world Forster has created, no one really ever sees anyone face to face, up close and personal. This seems negligible though, but it actually leads onto much greater consequences. People in this world are now haunted by the terrors of direct experience and direct experiences are things that are simply bound to happen sometime in life! However, now people have grown unaccustomed to it, so even a simple handshake is considered as shockingly barbaric. People never touched one another, Forster writes. Human beings are no longer used to seeing expressions on peoples faces, as they simply do not require to go out of their homes and make acquaintances. TheyShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occu rred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesLinda Shopes, eds., Oral History and Public Memories Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life Lisa M. Fine, The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A. Van Gosse and Richard Moser, eds., The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America Joanne Meyerowitz, ed., History and September 11th John McMillian and Paul Buhle, eds., The New Left Revisited David M. Scobey, Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape