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    Klausner was seen to be obsessed with sounds in the story. He worked only to prove his theory that odd inaudible sounds can be heard only if it were captured and transported at an audible frequency. His experiment showed that plants too have emotions, even if it was not exactly the same as humans. PRead more

    Klausner was seen to be obsessed with sounds in the story. He worked only to prove his theory that odd inaudible sounds can be heard only if it were captured and transported at an audible frequency. His experiment showed that plants too have emotions, even if it was not exactly the same as humans. Plants are living beings so they too can feel things like pain. The world was not yet ready to agree to Klausner’s theory because of his mad eccentric ideas, even if they were proved somehow. People saw him mad but harmless and hardly took him seriously even if his heart was at the right place.

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    Irony of the story lies in the fact that people who are called crazy or mad are actually the ones who share a different connection with the surroundings. They are sensitive people who can’t stand the pain on others yet are unable to create an impact as the world has shunned them because of their eccRead more

    Irony of the story lies in the fact that people who are called crazy or mad are actually the ones who share a different connection with the surroundings. They are sensitive people who can’t stand the pain on others yet are unable to create an impact as the world has shunned them because of their eccentricities. Klausner experiences the pain through his machine when the plants are cut, showing that even trees and plants have emotions. Just because they couldn’t talk, they shouldn’t be taken for granted. Much like Klausner who has been taken for granted for being different than the general public.

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    Klausner, the protagonist of the story, was an eccentric amateur scientist. He was a frail man, nervous and twitchy, with always moving hands. His large head was inclined towards his left shoulder as though his neck were not quite strong enough to support it rigidly. He was a frail, nervous, twitchyRead more

    Klausner, the protagonist of the story, was an eccentric amateur scientist. He was a frail man, nervous and twitchy, with always moving hands. His large head was inclined towards his left shoulder as though his neck were not quite strong enough to support it rigidly. He was a frail, nervous, twitchy little man, a moth of a man, dreamy and distracted; suddenly flattering and animated. The public at large and even his neighbors and the doctor thought him to be mad but harmless. He was incredibly passionate but no one understood his inventions. He worked for the betterment of others even my making scientific advancements but was shunned because of his eccentricities. Klausner was obsessed with the titular sound machine and not once was he seen doing anything else. He was so obsessed to set his theory right that he kept on inflicting pain on the plants despite being regretful for his actions. He was also a violent man when it came to anyone disobeying his orders as seen in the end. When the doctor was refusing his silly idea of stitching up the tree, Klausner took up an angry stance with the axe. Klausner represented the ideal mad scientist seen in science fiction stories.

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    Doctor Scott represented the rational mentality of a man. He, too, was a man of science but had no unhealthy obsession like his patient, Klausner. He was a very curious man who wanted to know about the sound machine by just looking at the intricate box. He was patient enough to listen to Klausner’sRead more

    Doctor Scott represented the rational mentality of a man. He, too, was a man of science but had no unhealthy obsession like his patient, Klausner. He was a very curious man who wanted to know about the sound machine by just looking at the intricate box. He was patient enough to listen to Klausner’s rambles on the phone when he requested him to come straightaway. Though a man of rational thought, he was not assertive and was also scared of Klausner at the very end, so much so that he ended up applying iodine on the tree.

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    The various themes interwoven in the story are obsession, instability and fear, and the dark underside of the scientific advancements and nature versus science. The story convey that one must protect and preserve nature and not inflict pain on them as they are living beings, capable of having feelinRead more

    The various themes interwoven in the story are obsession, instability and fear, and the dark underside of the scientific advancements and nature versus science.
    The story convey that one must protect and preserve nature and not inflict pain on them as they are living beings, capable of having feelings as well. One shouldn’t get so obsessed with something like Klausner was with the sound machine, that all rational thoughts will be erased.

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    The theme of this short story is obsession on Klausner’s part. Another one is the dark side of the scientific advancement and how nature suffers because of that. Read summary of The Sound Machine

    The theme of this short story is obsession on Klausner’s part. Another one is the dark side of the scientific advancement and how nature suffers because of that.

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    Klausner believed that there are many odd inaudible sounds that cannot be perceived by humans. In order to prove his hypothesis, he invented a sound machine through which he could actually hear the sounds that arose from plants, when they were being cut. He even requested Mrs. Saunders to cut anotheRead more

    Klausner believed that there are many odd inaudible sounds that cannot be perceived by humans. In order to prove his hypothesis, he invented a sound machine through which he could actually hear the sounds that arose from plants, when they were being cut. He even requested Mrs. Saunders to cut another yellow rose so that he could confirm himself that he indeed could hear the sounds of the plants. He again experimented on his theory with some daisies and heard a piercing shriek come from the machine. He kept on inflicting pain on the plants, despite regretting all his actions, just to prove himself, and also the doctor, that he could indeed hear the sounds coming from the plants.

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    The sound machine falls under the genre of science fiction. The story has an amateur scientist, Klausner, who believes that there are sounds that are so low pitched or so high-pitched that one can’t perceive them and he invents a machine where he can convert odd inaudible sounds to an audible frequeRead more

    The sound machine falls under the genre of science fiction. The story has an amateur scientist, Klausner, who believes that there are sounds that are so low pitched or so high-pitched that one can’t perceive them and he invents a machine where he can convert odd inaudible sounds to an audible frequency in order to hear them. The sound machine is the main symbol in the story, for the scientific advancements it has been occurring against nature. Klausner is experimenting on the sound machine to study how the plants feel pain when they are cut. It is not scientifically proven, as machine doesn’t exactly exists in real life where one can hear sounds created by the plants, but it is indeed remarkable how Klausner attends that level of perfection when he could actually hear the sounds of the plants when they are cut.

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    The black box in the story, which was about three feet long, the shape of a child’s coffin, was the titular sound machine invented by the protagonist, Klausner to listen to odd inaudible sounds, which was previously inaudible to human ears. Read summary of The Sound Machine

    The black box in the story, which was about three feet long, the shape of a child’s coffin, was the titular sound machine invented by the protagonist, Klausner to listen to odd inaudible sounds, which was previously inaudible to human ears.

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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, whenRead more

    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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