Question

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Which statement is the best summary of "The Machine Stops"?
A
A son's desire to explore has inspired his mother to seek new
adventures beyond the security of her room.
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B
A mother's conversation with her son reveals that an
overdependence on technology suppresses creative
thought.
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An exchange between a mother and son reveals the new
and creative ways that technology is being used to
enhance daily routines.
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Face-to-face communication is criticized as outdated,
because it is much more convenient to use machines to
interact with family members.

Answer 1

Answer: B A mother's conversation with her son reveals that an overdependence on technology suppresses creative thought.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Machine Stops is about a future where human beings were now totally reliant on a Machine to take care of all their needs as they simply relax and talk to each other through screens about ideas.

The story follows Vashti and her son Kuno. Kuno insists that she visit him which she does not want to but eventually agrees to. When she does he tells her of the surface and how the machine is not all it seems. She eventually leaves and years later the machine stopped working.

Throughout the story we see that an overdependece on technology supresses creative thought because with humans so reliant on the machine, there is no need to think for themselves. It was so bad that in one instance a man did not know how to pick up a book that had fallen from his hand because he was out of his rooms where the machine would have picked it for him.