Secret of Machines 1

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The Secret of Machines
By Rudyard Kipling
About the Author:
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English novelist, short story writer, poet and
journalist.
He was borned in Bombay, British India; which inspired him in most of his work.
He is the best known author of the world’s famous children’s story
Including the (Jungle Book, 1894); (Kim, 1901); (Just so stories, 1902); etc.
Kipling was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1907, becoming the first English
writer to win the prize.
Explanation of the poem:
Rudyard Kipling talks about machines and how they are manufactured, along with a
message for human beings in the poem 'The Secret of the Machines'. The poem
conveys a central idea that emphasizes our reliance on machines and technology. It is
written on the machines perspective of viewing their potentiality and also appears as
though the machines speak for themselves to the readers. From their perspective, it is
the machines that speak about how they were made, their purpose, their take on
human beings etc. The machines are personified in the poem as they are given lives,
and they address the readers directly.
The machines seems to describe their capability and sustenance as the poem further
exceeds. They describe themselves as physically stronger and infallible than human
beings and bears with the opinion that they might replace human beings in their work
in the upcoming future though being a product of those human brains .
They strongly hold upon with the idea that they might surpass humans in their work in the forthcoming years .
The machines convey a strong message about humanity and the misuse of technology. They give a symbolic statement
that the cloud of smoke that they release can only blind the humans for a brief time span. They say that their work and
output is temporary, and the stars will shine again, meaning the reality might hit even if it is late. The machines attribute
all due credit to the human mind, as they are the reason behind creating the machines. Irrespective of their power, weight
and force, the machines are only the product of the human brain. The machines are only the children of the human brain
such that without humans, they are nothing.
Machines taking over human?
In today's society, people rely on machines for even the easiest of tasks. Machines have taken over all the chores in the
human world, which has introduced a lot of benefits in terms of productivity. But when human beings surrender to
machines, it can cause problems. Human beings put a lot of effort to create machines by cutting, extracting, filing etc.
But once the process is finished, they forget that they have the mastermind behind all the creativity and
become slaves to machines. Machines may perform all the tasks of humans, but they cannot do one major thing such
that they cannot understand or express any emotions. It is a call out by Kipling to all human beings to understand that
they are the ones who control the machines and not the other way around.

Machines can’t takeover human
Perspective to given evidences and opinion to the world of
cinematics, many movies portrayed how machines have lacked
in front of humans in case of casting emotions, feelings and
general pettiness. They are just created to an extent of serving
people across the globe no matter how tiring or difficult it can
be. Humans have created an alternative that can help them
reaching out to do the work what normal person can’t do. They
aren’t devised with the attributes of normal person as humans
don’t need an alternative to do so.
Human fell victimized to technology
trap?
Our bygone days have went through experiencing the changes in the coming years.
We saw how technology ate up the minds of human as it became an integral part of their life, Despite knowing that how
stimulating the world of technology can be.
It destroyed the ways of people’s living. It destroyed the productivity of human. Their patience, work ethic all seemed to
go to it’s lowest.
It destroyed the human brains and had lurked them to get lost in the
stimulating world, locked up our brains and successfully attempted to
dominate human.
—Questions:
1. In what ways do you think machines can never
replace human?
2. Technology has made communication easier and
faster. However, communication these days, seems
to lack the warmth and genuineness of the bygone
days? Can this be regarded as an ill effect of
technology?
3. “Machines being used to build machines” What
does it reflect?
Thanks!
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