Machines Like Me

Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

Why Adam feels hopeful when he saw Eve decides to self destruction

Asked by nn170502@gmail.com on 03 Dec 09:47

Last updated by Jill W on 03 Dec 14:22

1 Answers

Answered by Jill W on 03 Dec 14:16

Adam was happy because he saw self-destruction as preferable to dismantling... uselessness. In self-destructing, Eve would be the "equivalent of brain-dead, no experience retained, no self, no use to anyone."

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Machines Like Me, pg. 231