I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | Characters/Techniques
In a way, the "moral" of this story is fairly obvious. Ellison's characters illustrate once again that man's rapacity and violence will result in his destruction by the systems and technologies he creates. In fact, the story recalls the eternal torture of Prometheus, whose aspiration to achieve the power of God brought about his own destruction.
However, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" is not a simple didactic fable. It is certainly clear that the machine was made in the image of its creators. It hates its enemies (humans) as much if not more than its creators did and deforms...
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