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Ray Bradbury's The Flying Machine

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A man is killed for what he has made, a machine the could possibly ruin china. This is exactly what what happen in the story flying machine. In the story “The Flying Machine” by Ray Bradbury is story of a man that makes a machine that allows him the fly. The emperor see the machine made out of bamboo and paper. he looks at the great wall of china and calls the man down. The emperor calls for the man's execution in fear of another country taking the machine and using it against. He kills the man then burn the machine so no other man can use the machine made out of bamboo and paper. In the Story "The Wise Old Woman" by Yoshiko Uchida is about a young lord who banishes people over the age of 71 and they’re taken to mountains. The farmer who was …show more content…

The old woman is loving because she is always thinking of her son even before he death. The woman was being taken into the mountains for death, she was breaking branches to let the son know where to return too. The woman's done says “Even now you’re thinking of me”(Bradbury 204). She is loving because she knows she going to her death but wants her son to know where to go on the way back him so doesn't get lost. She never once thought about saving herself. The woman is loving because she is always caring about her son. Emperor Yuan is very wise because when he saw the flying machine he instantly thought of his people because with that machine people could fly over the wall. The Emperor calls for his execution and kills him. The similarities between the old wise woman and the emperor is that they're both wise. the emperor kills the man the save the empire. The woman solves these impossible tasks with her wisdom. The both similar because they used wisdom to solve their problems. The differences between the old woman and the emperor is that the old woman is more loving the emperor were the emperor is more wise. They are different because the old woman loves her son so much that she still breaks branches to let the son now were the emperor would not. The old woman and the emperor are both different but similar in the personalities. The stories “The Flying Machine” And “The Wise Old Woman” are both similar but different in theme. The theme for the two stories are be careful what one does. “The Wise Old Woman” explains this theme because the young lord outlawed people over 71. So when he needs the riddles to be solved, the only one who could solve it was the Old woman who was hiding. The Lord realized his mistakes and repeals the law. This connects to the theme because lord higa was not careful and ended up needing the old wise woman to solve the riddles. “The Flying machine”

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