What does the machinery in the hospital represent to the army major in the story? in the short story "in another country". support your answer with textual evidence.

The machinery in the hospital represent the man’s vital functioning controlled by the technology and the slaughtering of the soldiers on the field of battle. The major was once a champion fencer which was altered by a war after a traumatic psychological and physical injury. He depicts his unfaithfulness in the machine to rehabilitate his hand considering it to be “nonsense” and “an idiotic idea”. The major was completely disillusion after his wife’s death due to pneumonia and deepen his fatality towards his life. By the end of the story the major convinces himself to put his hand in the machine and consider it to be fruitful.

you cant make me do anything i don't want to do michael yelled.