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The themes of the story are obsession on Klausner’s part, instability, fear and dedication and nature versus science or the dark side of scientific advancement. Read summary of The Sound Machine
The themes of the story are obsession on Klausner’s part, instability, fear and dedication and nature versus science or the dark side of scientific advancement.
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See lessKlausner took the sound machine to the park to test his hypothesis whether plants can express emotions in their own way or not. He put the earphones on his head and switched on the machine. He listened for a moment to the faint familiar humming sound; then he picked up the axe, took a stance with hiRead more
Klausner took the sound machine to the park to test his hypothesis whether plants can express emotions in their own way or not.
He put the earphones on his head and switched on the machine. He listened for a moment to the faint familiar humming sound; then he picked up the axe, took a stance with his legs wide apart and swung the axe as hard as he could at the base of the tree trunk. The blade cut deep into the wood and stuck there and at the instant impact he heard a most extraordinary noise in the earphones. It was a new noise, unlike any he had heard- a harsh, noteless, enormous noise, a growling, low pitched, screaming sound, not quick and short like the noise of the roses. He tried his experiment there and came to the conclusion that his hypothesis might be true.
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See lessMrs Saunders was walking down the garden with a flower-basket on her arm. She was bending down, cutting yellow roses with a pair of scissors and putting them in her basket. Read summary of The Sound Machine
Mrs Saunders was walking down the garden with a flower-basket on her arm. She was bending down, cutting yellow roses with a pair of scissors and putting them in her basket.
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See lessThe protagonist of the story, Klausner, was quite different from the other characters and the public at large in the story. He was an eccentric scientist who had an unhealthy obsession with his experiment. He gave all his time and energy in developing the sound machine. Not once was he seen in the sRead more
The protagonist of the story, Klausner, was quite different from the other characters and the public at large in the story. He was an eccentric scientist who had an unhealthy obsession with his experiment. He gave all his time and energy in developing the sound machine. Not once was he seen in the story doing something else that didn’t involve his experiment. Mrs Saunders had always believed that Klausner, her neighbor, to be a rather peculiar person but when he asked her to cut another rose, she became convinced that he had gone completely mad but was harmless. Same with the doctor who applied wound at a tree just to humor Klausner as he didn’t want to face Klausner when he is displeased.
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See lessThe moral of the story is that unhealthy obsession can result in drastic occurrences in a person’s life. Klausner was obsessed with his sound machine, not once was he seen in the story doing something else. His obsession with the machine kept him aloof from the actual world. Through through his unheRead more
The moral of the story is that unhealthy obsession can result in drastic occurrences in a person’s life. Klausner was obsessed with his sound machine, not once was he seen in the story doing something else. His obsession with the machine kept him aloof from the actual world. Through through his unhealthy obsession Klausner does shed some light on the fact that nature too has feelings just like the humans do, his obsession marked the climax of the story.
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See lessKlausner’s obsession was with his sound machine and trying to prove that even plants can exhibit emotions like almost that of humans. At the end, he was so overcome to prove his hypothesis to the doctor, it ended up with the machine being destroyed. Read summary of The Sound Machine
Klausner’s obsession was with his sound machine and trying to prove that even plants can exhibit emotions like almost that of humans.
At the end, he was so overcome to prove his hypothesis to the doctor, it ended up with the machine being destroyed.
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See lessKlausner carried out the second experiment in the park. Around six in the morning he went to the park, stood in front of a large tree, a beech tree, and he placed the machine on the ground. He then went back to his house and got an axe. He put the earphones on his head and switched on the machine. HRead more
Klausner carried out the second experiment in the park. Around six in the morning he went to the park, stood in front of a large tree, a beech tree, and he placed the machine on the ground. He then went back to his house and got an axe. He put the earphones on his head and switched on the machine. He listened for a moment to the faint familiar humming sound; then he picked up the axe, took a stance with his legs wide apart and swung the axe as hard as he could at the base of the tree trunk. The blade cut deep into the wood and stuck there and at the instant impact he heard a most extraordinary noise in the earphones. It was a new noise, unlike any he had heard- a harsh, noteless, enormous noise, a growling, low pitched, screaming sound, not quick and short like the noise of the roses. Klausner stared in horror at the place where the blade of the axe had sunk into the wood flesh of the tree as he realized the pain was internal, the tree expresses the pain which was heard by him through his sound machine.
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See lessKlausner called Dr. Scott early in the morning as he wanted to show the doctor his experiment. He wanted to see whether anyone apart from him gets the same result as Klausner did or not. Read summary of The Sound Machine
Klausner called Dr. Scott early in the morning as he wanted to show the doctor his experiment. He wanted to see whether anyone apart from him gets the same result as Klausner did or not.
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See lessKlausner carried out the first experiment in his own garden. Klausner carried the machine, with some difficulty, into the garden. He connected his earphones and then pressed a switch on its front. Then he turned on the volume control and his right hand on the knob that moved a needle across a largeRead more
Klausner carried out the first experiment in his own garden.
Klausner carried the machine, with some difficulty, into the garden. He connected his earphones and then pressed a switch on its front. Then he turned on the volume control and his right hand on the knob that moved a needle across a large central dial, like the wavelength dial of a radio. At first there was a crackling sound and while listening to it, he saw his neighbor, Mrs Saunders out in her garden with a basket and a pair of scissors to cut some flowers. As he listened, he became conscious of a curious sensation, a feeling that his ears was connected to his head by a thin stiff wire, like a tentacle, and that the wires were lengthening slowly towards a forbidden territory. And then he heard a shriek, a frightful piercing shriek and he jumped up but there was no one around him apart from the woman in the garden next door, who was bending low and cutting yellow roses. Again it came- a throat less, inhuman shriek, sharp and short, very clear and cold. Klausner could understand the source of the sound was coming from the plants. He asked Mrs Saunders to cut one more rose and through his machine, he heard the sound again. It seemed as if each rose that Mrs Saunders cut, screamed in the most terrible way.
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Through this story, Roald Dahl, talks about the dark side of the scientific advancements and how in-turn that is harming the nature. To test that nature, too, has feelings and needs to be protected, extreme actions are taken for that, as seen through the obsession of Klausner who keeps pulling out dRead more
Through this story, Roald Dahl, talks about the dark side of the scientific advancements and how in-turn that is harming the nature. To test that nature, too, has feelings and needs to be protected, extreme actions are taken for that, as seen through the obsession of Klausner who keeps pulling out daisies and striking tree trunks to prove his theory. Nature needs to be appreciated and taken care of as otherwise it will get destroyed and then no matter how much “iodine” is applied on it, it won’t heal.
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