11 Questions
What is the narrator's emotional state at the beginning of the passage?
Awake
What is the significance of the machine in the narrator's life?
It represents the narrator's creation and completion of a long-term goal
How do the people from the market react to the machine?
They gather around it in wonder
What is the significance of the materials used to build the machine?
Each piece has a story of discovery and represents a time of fear, hunger, and pain
What is the narrator holding in one hand as they stand at the top of the machine?
A small reed with a tiny lightbulb
What is the implied meaning of the passage's final sentence?
The narrator and their creation are experiencing a kind of rebirth
What did the narrator connect to the machine?
a pair of wires
What did the crowd do when the machine started to work?
gasped
What did the narrator grip at the end of the experiment?
the reed and wires
What did the narrator experience when the machine started to turn?
knees turned to jelly
What did the crowd exclaim when they saw the result of the experiment?
The boy has made electric wind!
In this passage, the narrator is describing the completion of a significant invention. The machine is finally ready after months of preparation. The narrator is excited and proud of their work. The scene is set with vivid descriptions of the machine's components and the surroundings.
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