Theme # 2

In this story, technology has become apart of their society. Technology plays a big part in this short story, whether people think so or not. In the garbage trucks there are no radios, leaving the garbage men in complete silence. Then one day in a newspaper bulletin the mayor tells readers, how they will be putting radios in all the trucks. These radios are not for the workers to listen to and enjoy the music while working. These apparatus are for them to be able to send and receive messages and locations, on where to pick up bodies during the bombing. This technology is telling them how to do a job they have been doing for many years, while controlling how these "garbage men" (so to speak) do their jobs. This technology is also giving them a task or a job as a coroner. I don't believe that's in their job description.