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At the end of the story, a thick branch from the tree fell upon the sound machine and smashed it into pieces. The sound machine was destroyed by the force of nature falling upon it. Read summary of The Sound Machine
At the end of the story, a thick branch from the tree fell upon the sound machine and smashed it into pieces. The sound machine was destroyed by the force of nature falling upon it.
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See lessAccording to Klausner, the human ear actually can’t hear everything. Any sounds that are so low-pitched or so high-pitched that one can’t hear it at all whereas a dog can. And up the scale, higher than the vibration of that a whistle, there is another vibration and it keeps going on, an endless succRead more
According to Klausner, the human ear actually can’t hear everything. Any sounds that are so low-pitched or so high-pitched that one can’t hear it at all whereas a dog can. And up the scale, higher than the vibration of that a whistle, there is another vibration and it keeps going on, an endless succession of vibrations as far as the numbers go, which is infinity. There is a whole world of sound about human all the time that we cannot hear. It is possible that up there in those high-pitched inaudible regions there is a new exciting music being made, with subtle harmonies and fierce grinding discords, powerful enough to drive humans mad if they could hear it. So he has made a machine that can prove him the existence of many odd inaudible sounds. The machine has been designed to pick up sound vibrations that are too high-pitched for reception by the human ear and to convert them to a scale of audible tones.
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See lessThe message 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 unRead more
The message 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 lessSir Alexander Heathcote rosé at seven o’clock every morning, joined his wife at breakfast to eat one boiled egg cooked for precisely four minutes, two pieces of toast with one spoonful of Cooper’a marmalade and drink one cup of China tea. He would then take a hackney carriage from his home in 11 CadRead more
Sir Alexander Heathcote rosé at seven o’clock every morning, joined his wife at breakfast to eat one boiled egg cooked for precisely four minutes, two pieces of toast with one spoonful of Cooper’a marmalade and drink one cup of China tea. He would then take a hackney carriage from his home in 11 Cadogan Gardens at exactly eight-twenty and arrive at the Foreign Office at promptly eight-fifty-nine.
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See lessSir Alexander Heathcote purchased the Chinese Statue. Read summary of The Chinese Statue
Sir Alexander Heathcote received the Chinese Statue when he was in China. It was bequeathed to his first born, Major James Heathcote and Sir Alexander had also mentioned it in the will that, after his death, the statue should pass to the eldest born in the family and not to be sold off, until and unRead more
Sir Alexander Heathcote received the Chinese Statue when he was in China. It was bequeathed to his first born, Major James Heathcote and Sir Alexander had also mentioned it in the will that, after his death, the statue should pass to the eldest born in the family and not to be sold off, until and unless the family’s honour was at stake. Everything went on smoothly till the statue was passed into the hands of Alex Heathcote. Alex, who was a spendthrift, gambled away all his money and fell into serious debt. Unable to overcome his debt, he decided to sell the statue to save himself. So he took the family heirloom to Bond Street and delivered it to Sotheby. This was how the statue found its way to the auction room.
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See lessThe moral of the story is to not to judge a book by its cover. Sir Alexander Heathcote prides himself to be knowledgeable in art but at the end he is fooled into believing that the Chinese Statue is real when it was the ordinary base which is priceless. The concept of appearance versus reality is poRead more
The moral of the story is to not to judge a book by its cover. Sir Alexander Heathcote prides himself to be knowledgeable in art but at the end he is fooled into believing that the Chinese Statue is real when it was the ordinary base which is priceless. The concept of appearance versus reality is portrayed through this.
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See lessThe Chinese Statue, acquired by Sir Alexander Heathcote, was regarded as a family heirloom and was to be always passed on to the first born in the family after Alexander’s death. Fate changed when the statue finally came into the hands of Alex Heathcote, the great-great grandson of Alexander. Alex wRead more
The Chinese Statue, acquired by Sir Alexander Heathcote, was regarded as a family heirloom and was to be always passed on to the first born in the family after Alexander’s death. Fate changed when the statue finally came into the hands of Alex Heathcote, the great-great grandson of Alexander. Alex was a spendthrift who gambled away all his money and to get out of his debt, sold the statue at an auction, from where the narrator bought it.
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See lessThe lot number of the Chinese Statue was 103. Read summary of The Chinese Statue
The short story “The Sound Machine” falls under the genre of science fiction. Read summary of The Sound Machine
The short story “The Sound Machine” falls under the genre of science fiction.
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