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, and the others around them are part of a huge underground society that is built like a giant honeycomb.
The people living in this world have been 'bred' to suit their changing lifestyle. An…