Literary Analysis Of The Interlopers And The Machine That Won The War

The exposition of the story starts in the beginning of the story before any conflict has risen. During the exposition, we find out that the Great War had been won and we are introduced to the super computer Multivac which was used to win the war. The rising action happens when Henderson and swift were discussing their use of multivac to win the war, “"Intuition, I presume. I juggled them till they looked right. At first, I hardly dared, I changed a bit here and there to correct what were obvious”” The climax starts when Lamar explains that he used a much older and smaller computing device to make the hardest of decisions. The falling action started when swift began to think of old memories and times he had used the coin with decisions before

Joseph Conrad once observed that “a belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” As a result of the violence that is necessary during wartime, soldiers are permitted to engage in savage behavior that is normally forbidden in society. In The Wars by Timothy Findley, however, soldiers act in violent ways even when they are not actively engaged in battle. The inherently savage nature of humankind is evident when Robert Ross kills the German soldier after the gas attack, when Robert is raped in the baths, and when Robert kills Captain Leather. These violent events that occur outside the direct action of the war demonstrate the evil inherent in

James Axtell’s “ The Invasion Within” and Jill Lepore’s “ The Name Of War” share the same realm as they both are excellent resources when it comes to the topic of Native American History. Though there subject matter is the same, there are stark differences between the two books that each give a unique perspective on the Native Americans and their involvement with the Europeans. Axtell uses “ The Invasion Within” to tell the sorrowful tale of the Indians. The trials and tribulations they went through are flushed out on each page as Axtell tells the story of the early beginning of colonial life, the naivety of the Indians as they met the Europeans, and the destructive path the Europeans eventually led the Indians on. Lepore tells a much different narrative in “ The Name Of War” where she examines the lives, actions, and thoughts of both the Indians and Europeans and eventually comes to a very educated conclusion. Life for both of them really sucked. The Indians were no better than the Europeans, and the Europeans were not mightier nor more pious than the Indians. In an essence, Lepore used her book not to show the contrasting differences between the Indians and Europeans (which is typically seen in most history books) but instead the similarities between the two that not many see. These authors approached the same topic but in such distinct ways which leads one to beg the question, how exactly are these books different?

War literature means published work set in a period time of war or armed combat. This is also referred to as War Novels or Military historical nonfiction/fiction. War literature can be dated to the era of epic poetry with the examples of Homer’s The Iliad. Another influence of War literature is Shakespeare's Henry V gives an example of how using culture and war can be used in fiction for entertainment. Many modern war tales are considered anti-war for giving it more harsher reality by visualizing horrific and gruesome battles. The benefits of getting to read these stories is the ability to spend time with an old soldier and getting that visual of war in present time. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, O’Brien guides us through the horror of the Vietnam War and is an example of how extreme situations can drive the most sane men into a irrational, cruel, and inhuman being. Some characteristics of war literature is that war is chaotic, the purpose of writing was to try to make a connection to the reader to understand that experience.

In this essay I will be comparing the short story “ The Machine That Won The War” By Isaac Asimov, and the short story “The Interlopers” By saki. I will give a brief summary about both stories to give you a understanding of what they are about then I will show you how they are similar and how they contrast.

The goal in studying the Western way of war revolves around the concept of superiority in warfare. The comparison and distinction of Victor Davis Hanson, Carnage and Culture (2001), and John A.

As the scholar Desiderius Erasmus stated, “War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.” John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993) and John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) construct their characters with this in mind. Ellie, the protagonist of Tomorrow, When the War Began, returns from a camping trip to find Wirrawee at war. In contrast, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas tells the story of Bruno, a 9-year-old Nazi during World War II. Due to his father’s promotion to Commandant, his family relocates from Berlin’s hustle and bustle to the empty, desolate Auschwitz, the Nazi’s most notorious prisoner of war camp. Both novels explore the theme of war; however, their central characters

The question had become tiresome, but expected. More so whenever Jack wore his Army Air Corps uniform with the golden Icarus device on his collar.

1. My initial impression over the short story, The Machine that won the war was that the computer Multivac was a vampire in a post-aspostical world reading the first paragraph. As the computer was sleeping underground and I though the computer was a vampire as vampires sleep in underground chambers because they can’t be in the light. Which, in other words my initial impression is completely wrong in a lot of ways. This is because the short story’s character Multivac is an computer during a war between people from earth and people who live in the galaxy star Deneb.

Toni Morrison’s novel Paradise comes third in a trilogy focussing on black communities continual progress beyond their histories roots in slavery and oppression. The title of this final installment suggests that perfection has finally been reached. However, the novel’s originally set name, “War,” reveals something very telling about the true nature of this work. The nature of the battleground set up in Paradise seems to either suggest that true perfection is not actually attainable or that paradise can already be found in the imperfections of the world. Morrison proves that these two differing ideas both have some truth in her Paradise. Ultimately Morrison's work explores of the concept of utopias through examining traditionally marginalized groups, their communities, and their long-held values.

There are many similarities and differences between The Interlopers and The Machine That Won the War. The Interlopers was a story written by Saki in 1969. It’s about a dispute over land between the Znaeyms and the Gradwitz families. The Machine That Won the War was written by Isaac Asimov in 1961. This story takes place in a back room with three men disputing the data on a powerful computer called the Multivac.

In 1964, the well-known historian Moses Finley suggested that we should move the narrative of the Trojan War from the realm of history into the realm of myth and poetry until we have more evidence. Many would argue that we now have that additional evidence, particularly in the form of the Hittite texts discussing Ahhiyawa and Wilusa and the new archaeological data from Troy. The lines between reality and fantasy might be blurred, particularly when Zeus, Hera, and other gods become involved in the war, and we might question about some of the details. The problem in providing definitive answers to the questions of the Trojan War is not that we have too little data, but that we have too much. The Greek epics, Hittite records, Luwian poetry, and archaeological remains provide evidence not of a single Trojan war but rather of multiple wars that were fought in the area that we identify as Troy and the Troad. Eric Cline believed that just as an Egypto-Hittite war in the 13th century BCE was touched off by the death of a Hittite prince and the outbreak of World War I was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. He discusses that also just as one could argue that World War I would have taken place anyway, perhaps triggered by some other event, so one can argue that the Trojan War would inevitably have taken place, with or without Helen. He goes on to continue that the presumptive kidnapping of Helen can be seen merely an excuse to launch a pre-ordained war for control

Kimberley Johnson creates an article about the angel, Raphael, which was to send a message to Adam and Eve, warning about the temptation of Satan during the war between God and Satan. Raphael failed to have the human race receive the message for Raphael stopped one of Satan’s demons and the war between God and Satan continues which is refers to the War of Heaven. Johnson implies that, “The sweeping war epic Raphael tells in Book 6 stands in direct opposition to Michael’s counsel not to imagine the battle between good and evil as a duel, and it also contradicts the narrative priorities that Milton himself lays out at the beginning of Book 9” (Johnson 213). This passage in Johnson’s article explains that Milton intentions of creating the

The Interlopers and The Machine That Won The War are two different short stories that heavily push the themes of irony and suspense and although they may share these similarities I believe that they also have many differences. Throughout this essay I am going to be breaking down these two stories to find what sort of similarities and differences they contain. A similarity? They are both fictional stories. A difference? One takes place in a Sci-fi and futuristic setting, while the other takes place in a more modern, or possibly older time frame.

What do you prefer to read about? Maybe you like reading fiction or nonfiction, about heroes and villains, in past or future. Whatever your preferences, when most people read a book, they typically want to read about something relatable. People want to read about people that are like them. The Interlopers and The Machine That Won the War are both short stories full of interesting plot points that keep the readers hooked right until the last word. The Interlopers is about two men hunting each other in the night, until a twist happens. The Machine That Won the War is about three men revealing secrets about how the war was truly won. However, The Interlopers offers a more realistic plot and relatable characters than The Machine that Won the War.