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Who Can Replace Man? By Brian Aldiss

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In the story “Who Can Replace Man?” by Brian Aldiss the machines run the farm towns while the MAN runs the city. The operator gets everyone's orders and puts them on a broadcast for everyone to hear. But, what if one day the machines don’t get orders. What will happen to mankind? In my opinion I believe that mankind runs all the machines and is responsible for every action they make. One reason I believe this is because the last two lines of the short story are, “get me food,” he croaked. The machines quickly add, “yes, master,” then “immediately.” (Aldiss, 149) This shows that no matter what the machines are on a mission for, they will always do man's every last wish. Also, the machines are crazy and have no idea what to do when MAN doesn’t

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