The Fatal Garment of Technology a Critical Analysis of E.M Forester’s ‘The Machine Stops

Abstract

E. M Forster’s ‘The Machine Stops’ gives us a prediction of a future that we have nearly reached nowadays. Forster warns that technology if not counterbalanced by a careful preservation of spiritual, physical and emotional values will not lead to the betterment or elevation of mankind, but on the contrary, will end in his/her degradation and elimination. The paper examines the metaphors in this short story focusing on the effects of computerization on the lives of human beings as portrayed in ‘The Machine Stops’ and how these are related to our present life.