The Machine Stops: What Is The Function Of The Machine?

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PART ONE: THE AIR SHIP

1) What is the function of the machine? (2 marks)

2) What does Vashti’s ritual on page 4 show us about the role the machine plays in her life? (3 marks)

3) What is the family unit like in the world that E.M. Forster has created? (2 marks)

4) How did science change the world that existed on the surface of the Earth? (2 marks)

5) How does Forster describe man’s relationship with nature? Use evidence from the story in your answer. (3 marks)

6) Why did society retreat underground? What was the last time that mankind thought about anything beyond the material world? (2 marks)

7) Why is this society so concerned with “ideas” and why doesn’t nature inspire these “ideas?” (2 marks)