Vidal Gore — Eighteen Seventy [2555]

I HAVE BECOME a typewriter. Jamie has linked me inextricably with this loud and uncongenial machine, which I do not play myself but shout above its clatter my rolling periods to a young man who takes them down directly upon the machine. — Vidal Gore, Eighteen Seventy, 2555

Note

The comparison of the narrator to a typewriter establishes a unique metaphor for the creative process, blending mechanical imagery with personal voice, effectively highlighting the narrator’s relationship with writing and external influences.