E.M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops” starts off with an eerie, unrealistic, quite mysterious and very peculiar setting. In this futuristic world, there is no walking instead the chair performs the action of moving for her. Forster raises to the light the significance of technology in our everyday life, and how big of a role it plays, so large that many cannot live without it. For communication with friends and family as well as for learning more about new subjects, people use their phones and computers. We can gather the whereabouts of people who live across the world and learn about what is happening around us in a matter of seconds. In the story, Kuno wishes to see his mother in person without the use of the machine however his mother uses the machine so frequently. Her dependence on the machine is so high that she no longer gets up and interacts with her students during lectures. Only when she meets Kuno does she realize the effects the machine actually has on her. Only towards the end does she find out that the machine can no longer function and help her to survive. Through “The Machine Stops”, Forster creates a story that illuminates the idea of how our modern day dependency on technology can prove detrimental to our interaction with other human beings. People not looking down on their phones is often a rare sight in my hometown back in New York City. Everywhere you go, someone is occupied with their phone, in the train station, in the hallways of my school, and even during a family dinner.