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Focus on Literature You ^ going to read a simplified version of the story "Moxon ' s Master . "As you read , think why the story was so amazing at the time it was written . The ^ 10 \ ץ begins with a conversation between the narrator * and Moxon . Great Short Stories : A Collection M OX ONS MAS TER Am 6 rose ( Bierce "Moxon ' s Master" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce ( 1842-1914 ) . Bierce was an American newspaper writer and novelist . He is best known for his short stories . The main question in "Moxon ' s Master" is whether a machine can think . This is what the narrator asks his friend Moxon right at the beginning . 127 1 What kinds of machines think , in your opinion ? Discuss , giving examples . S "Moxon ' s Master" was written in 1910 . It is a science fiction story because it describes an invention that did not yet exist . a How does this fact explain the narrator's amazement about the idea of a thinking machine ? & What modern inventions have made this idea less amazing ? Discuss . * narrator — the person telling the story . Are you serious ? Do you really believe that a machine thinks ?"
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