How does vashti communicate with her son kuno
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Answer:
During his conversation with Vashti at the beginning of the story, Kuno says, "The Machine is much, but it is not everything. I see something like you in this plate, but I do not see you.
Explanation:
The two main characters, Vashti and Kuno, live on opposite sides of the world. Vashti is content with her life, which, like most inhabitants of the world, she spends producing and endlessly discussing secondhand 'ideas'. Her son Kuno, however, is a sensualist and a rebel. He persuades a reluctant Vashti to endure the journey (and the resultant unwelcome personal interaction) to his room. There, he tells her of his disenchantment with the sanitised, mechanical world. First we meet Vashti, a “lecturer” who prepares lectures for others to enjoy via the Machine. She is interrupted in her preparations by her son Kuno, who appears on her screen. Kuno lives on the other side of the world, and he asks her to come visit him because he has something important to say to her. Vashti is surprised by this because the Machine allows them to communicate perfectly well, and people have no need to meet in person. But Kuno counters by saying that she values the Machine too much. Kuno explains that he wants to explore the surface of the earth, even though it is forbidden by the committee of the Machine. Kuno also relates his wish to see the stars in person--they suggest human figures to his mind. Vashti continues to brush aside his ideas, and Kuno abruptly discontinues the conversation. Vashti then communicates with the Committee of the Machine, who values her role as lecturer. She requests that Kuno be matched with a new friend to take his mind off these incorrect thoughts (in their parlance, he is being “unmechanical”). Vashti also learns that Kuno has unsuccessfully applied for fatherhood, a role that is regulated by the Machine. Vashti's conversation is interrupted by one of her fan's, named Xansah, who wants to be friends with Vashti, and also wants to let her know about a lecture she has written. In Act Two, Kuno relates to Em that he is going to visit the surface of the earth. He has found gaps in the surface of the tunnels which connect pods of hexagons. Behind these gaps he can see air-shafts that were made when humans were actually still building their underground world. Em is more and more taken by his boldness, and the fact that he is developing his muscles in order to make the arduous journey to the surface. She will join him in this adventure. When they get to the surface of the earth, we learn that their activities are being monitored by the Machine. When Vashti hears about this, she becomes maternally concerned—which is itself an unmechanical response. Meanwhile, Kuno and Em realize that there are outsiders living apart from their underground world on the surface of the earth. But the Machine (through its “Mending Apparatus” which has giant tentacles reaching to the surface of the earth), grabs hold of Em and Kuno. Em is destroyed by the Machine’s Mending Apparatus, but Kuno makes it back to his hexagon. Finally Kuno visits his Mother and explains that the Machine Stops—it is disintegrating and breaking down. Vashti comprehends, and tells Kuno to go back to the surface because these wild surface dwellers are the only chance for humankind to survive.