How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
"Our slingshots have failed.
That was old-fashioned stuff.
Slingshots, dear boy,
are not modern enough." (74-77)
The shift from simple tools like slingshots to advanced machines like guns is kind of a big deal. See, we have total control over slingshots—guns, not so much. With each new weapon, Grandpa seems to have less and less control.
Quote #2
This machine was so modern, so frightfully new,
no one knew quite exactly just what it would do! (139-140)
Technological development has allowed the Zooks and Yooks to make a machine that even they don't completely understand. This can't end well. Just like in the Cold War, the goal was to develop better technologies without really questioning the results.