What does the machinery in the hospital represent to the army major in the story? in the short story "in another country". support your answer with textual evidence.

The machinery in the hospital represent the man’s vital functioning controlled by the technology and the slaughtering of the soldiers on the field of battle. The major was once a champion fencer which was altered by a war after a traumatic psychological and physical injury. He depicts his unfaithfulness in the machine to rehabilitate his hand considering it to be “nonsense” and “an idiotic idea”. The major was completely disillusion after his wife’s death due to pneumonia and deepen his fatality towards his life. By the end of the story the major convinces himself to put his hand in the machine and consider it to be fruitful.

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.