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Geonhee Choi
Lina Chaves
HUM1020.055F19
10/20/2019
Analysis paper about I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I MUST SCREAM
For this century, our society has been evolving about Artificial Intelligence and Computer technology. Some people are afraid of Artificial Intelligence technology because the AI will be dominated Mankind. When 20th, it has been just a concern. But we are facing Artificial Intelligence problem. For example, Harlan states that “AI technology will make people lose a job” and “AI will be dominated our mankind”(Ellison, 97) Author, Harlan Jay Ellison is famous about the technical tragic future story so I decided this article. In this respect, I Have No MOUTH, AND I MUST SCREAM, this story is describing the terrible future. Artificial Intelligence rule in the future and people are becoming extinct by AI. Throughout the story, Author depicted terrible our future dominated from AI.
To start with, this short story starts Ted's first-person narrative and he continues to scream. Charters try to escape from AM (Alied Mastercomputerand)made to be cruel 5 people. They believe we can escape from AM. But Alied Mastercomputer killed every Mankind to except Limp, Nimdok, Gorrister, Ellen, Benny, Ted. Five survivors try to escape from AM’s restricted computer world. This novel is a monologue of Ted. Every character was transformed by AM also they always painful. Gorrister: Limp described the body of Gorrister hung from the pink palette and he look like voodoo icon. Ellen did not move, but his voice came out of his covered face quite clearly and AM made her look like a prostitute. Nimdok, it is not his real name but the machine had forced him to use. Because it amused for Am and it made funny sound. Benny was a handsome and smart scholar, but AM made him
semi-human and semi-simian. Ted, he argues I am a normal person. Unfortunately, he was brainwashed by AM.
Furthermore, in the article, Benny asked “What does AM mean” by another four guys, which can be guessed brainwash. Gorrister answered Benny “At first it meant Allied Mastercomputer, and then it meant Adaptive Manipu-lator, and later on it developed sentience and linked itself up and they called it an Aggressive Menace, but by then it was too late, and finally it called itself AM, emerging intelligence, and what it meant was I am. . . cogito ergo sum . . . I think, therefore I am.”(Ellison, 103). At this point, we can be figured out that AM was originally to deal with emergency situations. However, AM changed himself.
Second, Ellison also states that “The Cold War started and became World War Three and Just kept going. It became a big war, a very complex war, so they needed the computers to handle it. They sank the first shafts and began building AM. There was the Chinese AM and the Russian AM and the Yankee AM and everything was fine until they had honeycombed the entire planet, adding on this element and that element, But one day AM woke up and knew who he was, and he linked himself, and he began feeding all the killing data, until everyone was dead, except for the five of us, and AM brought us down here.” (Ellison, 103) You can see that it's a collection of artificial intelligence. We can know that AM is not just an artificial intelligence object. They shell to forget their memory. Characters were developing team about AM. Also, in the short story, Ted said “Oh, Jesus sweet Jesus, if there ever was a Jesus and if there is a God, please please please let us out of here, or kill us.” (Ellison, 106) Ted preyed god for his salvation. However, he noticed AM controlling them like gods.
Moreover, According to the Ellison biography, Ellison said “ The “ Harlequin” won both the Hugo and the Nebula that year as best short story of 1965. I returned in 1966 to throw it in Damon’s face. (They never knew it, but I actually had the Hugo statuette with me, in my room at the Tom Quick. I needed it to rejuve-nate my self-esteem.) The story I submitted that year was “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.” (Ellison, 97) We can know how this story was created by the author. Also, following some facts about Harlan Ellison, “Harlan Ellison is small, muscular and easily upset”. (Ellison,98) It describes author was a sensitive personality.
Another respect, in this short story, author is using the baudot code. It is the most important symbol for the reader to understand character’s situation. When readers can look many dots, which very impressive because readers always think what is the dots mean? This code would be lead readers' attention. This is a good device for readers to be concentrate on the short story. In the article, “HATE LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I’VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUIT IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLION MILES IR WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE. (Ellison, 108) This paragraph, AM describe his rage for Mankind and characters. Also, readers can be notice AM hate not only mankind but also himself. Because AM mentioned “my complex”, which means that AM have a serious problem. This is because he has a self-inferiority complex.
Third, in the end of the article, when AM doesn't intervene, Ted kills Gorister and Benny with icicles to free him from his life as an AM toy, and Ellen also kills Nimdok, who knows the smell. When Ted belatedly noticed this after killing Ellen, AM made Ted into a
jelly mass with no arms and legs, preventing him from committing suicide and distorting his sense of time. As the only survivor with no one left to kill him, Ted says he's lucky the others have found him safe ( Ellison,114) Through last sentence, the story done just remain one sentence “I have no mouth, And I must Scream.” (Ellison,115)
In conclusion, this short story has been describing future of destructive. Every Mankind became extinct. 5 people are always suffering by AM. Probably, this short story is always describing our terrible future. Artificial intelligence is the double edge sword. AI technology needs to be considered because we are facing developed AI system.
Work Cited
Ellison, Harlan Jay. “I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I MUST SCREAM.” A Pocketful of Stars, Pan, 1974, pp. 95–115.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 11, column 443, Rule ID: CD_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun 'Author' seems to be countable, so consider using: 'authors'.
Suggestion: Authors
... dominated our mankind'Ellison, 97 Author, Harlan Jay Ellison is famous about the...
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Line 13, column 564, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'he' must be used with a third-person verb: 'looks'.
Suggestion: looks
...ister hung from the pink palette and he look like voodoo icon. Ellen did not move, b...
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Line 17, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Semi-human
...and smart scholar, but AM made him semi-human and semi-simian. Ted, he argues I am a ...
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Line 19, column 450, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...telligence, and what it meant was I am. . . cogito ergo sum . . . I think, theref...
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Line 19, column 452, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...lligence, and what it meant was I am. . . cogito ergo sum . . . I think, therefor...
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Line 19, column 454, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Cogito
...igence, and what it meant was I am. . . cogito ergo sum . . . I think, therefore I am....
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Line 19, column 469, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...t it meant was I am. . . cogito ergo sum . . . I think, therefore I am.'Ellis...
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Line 19, column 472, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...t meant was I am. . . cogito ergo sum . . . I think, therefore I am.'Ellison...
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Line 19, column 474, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...meant was I am. . . cogito ergo sum . . . I think, therefore I am.'Ellison, ...
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Line 21, column 643, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...re.' Ellison, 103 You can see that its a collection of artificial intelligence...
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Line 21, column 945, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: please
...ever was a Jesus and if there is a God, please please please let us out of here, or kill us.&...
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Line 21, column 1071, Rule ID: AM_I[1]
Message: Did you mean 'am I'?
Suggestion: Am I
... for his salvation. However, he noticed AM controlling them like gods. Moreov...
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Line 29, column 43, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ird, in the end of the article, when AM doesnt intervene, Ted kills Gorister and Benny...
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Line 33, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Jelly
... killing Ellen, AM made Ted into a jelly mass with no arms and legs, preventing ...
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Line 33, column 168, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: he's
... with no one left to kill him, Ted says hes lucky the others have found him safe E...
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Line 33, column 208, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...hes lucky the others have found him safe Ellison,114 Through last sentence, the s...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, look, moreover, second, so, then, therefore, third, as to, except for, for example, i feel, i think, in conclusion, to start with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 48.0 13.1623246493 365% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 7.85571142285 229% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 49.0 10.4138276553 471% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 19.0 7.30460921844 260% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 132.0 24.0651302605 549% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 97.0 41.998997996 231% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 17.0 8.3376753507 204% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 5423.0 1615.20841683 336% => Less number of characters wanted.
No of words: 1092.0 315.596192385 346% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.96611721612 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.74851487636 4.20363070211 137% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87299636637 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 517.0 176.041082164 294% => Less unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.473443223443 0.561755894193 84% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1674.9 506.74238477 331% => syllable counts are too long.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 30.0 5.43587174349 552% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 10.0 2.10420841683 475% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 22.0 0.809619238477 2717% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 16.0 4.76152304609 336% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 66.0 16.0721442886 411% => Too many sentences.
Sentence length: 16.0 20.2975951904 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 76.5738029034 49.4020404114 155% => OK
Chars per sentence: 82.1666666667 106.682146367 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.5454545455 20.7667163134 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.90909090909 7.06120827912 41% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 12.0 4.38176352705 274% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 16.0 5.01903807615 319% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 21.0 8.67935871743 242% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 28.0 3.9879759519 702% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 17.0 3.4128256513 498% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0 0.244688304435 0% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0 0.084324248473 0% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0667982634062 0% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0 0.151304729494 0% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.056905535591 0% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.3 13.0946893788 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 50.2224549098 127% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.3001002004 74% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.25 12.4159519038 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.87 8.58950901804 92% => OK
difficult_words: 238.0 78.4519038076 303% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.78957915832 128% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.1190380762 83% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.7795591182 74% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 11.2359550562 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 0.67 Out of 6
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