Question

8. How does Kuno's trip to the surface develop the
plot of the text?
A His willingness to visit the surface furthers his
conflict with those who wish to live in the
Machine!
OB His trip to the surface sets his own fate of
Homelessness in motion.
OC His visit to the surface foreshadows humanity's
future desire to reclaim the earth.
OD His trip to the surface and subsequent return
suggests that no one can (or will) escape the
Machine.​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The correct answer to this question is option A.

Explanation:

• Kuno’s willingness to visit the surface furthers his  conflict with those who wish to live in the  Machine, has justified important scenarios through the story. The humans have re-built a religion underground that they worship, and it is fully reliant on the Machine.  

• The source of the Machine is missing, everyone forgot that it was humans who first made the Machine, and human-to-human interactions are thought to be forbidden. The Machine’s needs constantly come first before their own.  

• The created “ideas” are always copied and used again and again. Anyone who doubts the Machine and does not revere it, are threatened with homelessness.  

• As time passes, Kuno warns his mother Vashti about the malfunctioning of the machine, but she oversees it. Ultimately, the Machine totally stopped to operate and the underground civilization started to break down and crumble. Kuno then tells Vashti to believe and hope for the best, since there are people on the surface that will bring back the civilization.  

• Vashti lastly realized her own fault; to think that the Machine was superior to humans. In the end, both mother and son died along with their society.