How is the theme of appearance versus reality reflected in the story The Sound Machine give example from the story to prove it?
How is the theme of appearance versus reality reflected in the story The Sound Machine give example from the story to prove it?
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The theme of appearance versus reality runs throughout the story. Klausner, who at first seems to be a dedicated scientist working hard on his invention, the sound machine until it turned out to be an obsession. He is obsessed with his fact that he can indeed hear the sounds created by plants, when they are in pain, through the machine. Klausner is considered eccentric but harmless where it is at the end, when the doctor refuses Klausner’s silly proposal, the latter strikes up a menacing pose with his axe, showing that he can be violent when needed. Klausner is sad for all the pain caused on nature, yet he is the one who keeps on inflicting pain on plants to prove his hypothesis, throughout the story.
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