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There is never any indication that the humanoid robots Zapparoni built have sophisticated AI that can feel tortured. It would actually run directly counter the book’s explicit theme of “soulless automata stripping the dignity from human labor” if the robots had feelings. Heck, there’s a very good chance the ears are cosmetic and/or the robots they were taken from were mothballed. Furthermore; Zapparoni didn’t mutilate robots for sick kicks, but as a Secret Test Of Character for Richard to see if he would report his boss for suspected murder. If he had beaten a disguised store mannequin in another room for the same purpose it would be just as nonsensical to call it “sadistic”.
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* {{Technophobia}}: Richard doesn't like modern technology much, thanks primarily to his experiences in the war. He used to be a cavalry officer, but when tanks replaced horses, he was forced into becoming an inspector for the tanks to ensure they ran smoothly.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:The severed ears come from robots, but nobody really seems to care much about how sadistic this is of Zapparoni to do.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:The severed ears come from robots, but nobody really seems to care much about how sadistic this is of Zapparoni to do.]]
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* {{Technophobia}}: Richard doesn't like modern technology much, thanks primarily to his experiences in the war. He used to be a cavalry officer, but when tanks replaced horses, he was forced into becoming an inspector for the tanks to ensure they ran smoothly.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:The severed ears come from robots, but nobody really seems to care much about how sadistic this is of Zapparoni to do.]]smoothly.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:The severed ears come from robots, but nobody really seems to care much about how sadistic this is of Zapparoni to do.]]
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[[caption-width-right:281:The Bee-Hummingbird War was brutal...]]
[[caption-width-right:281:The Bee-Hummingbird War was brutal...]]
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Richard's colleague Fillmor is an extremely ambitious man, but lacks imagination; he is driven solely by a need to succeed in life no matter what the cost. To say nothing of Giacomo Zapparoni, a ruthless businessman who has people killed.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Richard's colleague Fillmor is an extremely ambitious man, but lacks imagination; he is driven solely by a need to succeed in life no matter what the cost. To say nothing of Giacomo Zapparoni, a ruthless businessman who has people killed. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted in that Zapparoni only makes people ''think'' he has former employees murdered, in order to prevent defecting engineers from selling secrets to rivals.]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Giacomo Zapparoni. Whenever one of his engineers quits, he has a penchant for hiring people to, um, [[DeadlyEuphemism "take care" of them]] to protect his company's intellectual property.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Giacomo Zapparoni. [[spoiler:Or so it seems.]] Whenever one of his engineers quits, he has a penchant for hiring people to, um, [[DeadlyEuphemism "take care" of them]] to protect his company's intellectual property.property. [[spoiler:At the end, it's revealed that the severed ears Richard found in the pond are actually from robots, and Zapparoni never actually had anyone killed.]]
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* {{Technophobia}}: Richard doesn't like modern technology much, thanks primarily to his experiences in the war. He used to be a cavalry officer, but when tanks replaced horses, he was forced into becoming an inspector for the tanks to ensure they ran smoothly.smoothly.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:The severed ears come from robots, but nobody really seems to care much about how sadistic this is of Zapparoni to do.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:The severed ears come from robots, but nobody really seems to care much about how sadistic this is of Zapparoni to do.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Richard's father beat him when he was a boy.
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* KidsAreCruel: When Richard was a kid, his friends beat up another boy. When Richard attempted to intervene, they beat ''him'' up too.
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* KidsAreCruel: When Richard was a kid, his friends beat up another boy. When Richard attempted to intervene, they beat ''him'' up too. Then the friends of the boy he tried to help beat him up too, because they think Richard was involved.
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* KidsAreCruel: When Richard was a kid, his friends beat up another boy. When Richard attempted to intervene, they beat ''him'' up too.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Richard's colleague Fillmor is an extremely ambitious man, but lacks imagination; he is driven solely by a need to succeed in life no matter what the cost.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Richard's colleague Fillmor is an extremely ambitious man, but lacks imagination; he is driven solely by a need to succeed in life no matter what the cost. To say nothing of Giacomo Zapparoni, a ruthless businessman who has people killed.
* AppealToTradition: This seems to be Richard's main reason to opposing the use of tanks instead of horses during the war; he is concerned that that the use of mechanized war machines will erase the proud tradition of the cavalry regiments.
* AppealToTradition: This seems to be Richard's main reason to opposing the use of tanks instead of horses during the war; he is concerned that that the use of mechanized war machines will erase the proud tradition of the cavalry regiments.
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* NewTechnologyIsEvil: Richard sees the highly advanced technology being introduced as being "incompatible with human happiness." He felt this way during the war, as well, disliking the manner in which mechanized war machines replaced mounted cavalrymen.
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* NewTechnologyIsEvil: Richard sees the highly advanced technology being introduced as being "incompatible with human happiness." He felt this way during the war, as well, disliking the manner in which mechanized war machines replaced mounted cavalrymen. Nevertheless, he does eventually find himself marveling at the efficiency of the titular glass bees.
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* NewTechnologyIsEvil: Richard sees the highly advanced technology being introduced as being "incompatible with human happiness."" He felt this way during the war, as well, disliking the manner in which mechanized war machines replaced mounted cavalrymen.
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* {{Technophobia}}: Richard doesn't like modern technology much, ironic as he was a tank inspector in the army and ensured that the war machines ran smoothly.
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* {{Technophobia}}: Richard doesn't like modern technology much, ironic as thanks primarily to his experiences in the war. He used to be a cavalry officer, but when tanks replaced horses, he was a tank forced into becoming an inspector in for the army and ensured that the war machines tanks to ensure they ran smoothly.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Giacomo Zapparoni. Whenever one of his engineers quits, he has a penchant for hiring people to, um, [[DeadlyEuphemism "take care" of them]] to protect his company's intellectual property.
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* NewTechnologyIsEvil: Richard sees the highly advanced technology being introduced as being "incompatible with human happiness."
* ShellShockedVeteran: Richard has some elements of this, a former cavalry officer and tank inspector trying to adjust to civilian life after a war.
* {{Technophobia}}: Richard doesn't like modern technology much, ironic as he was a tank inspector in the army and ensured that the war machines ran smoothly.
* NewTechnologyIsEvil: Richard sees the highly advanced technology being introduced as being "incompatible with human happiness."
* ShellShockedVeteran: Richard has some elements of this, a former cavalry officer and tank inspector trying to adjust to civilian life after a war.
* {{Technophobia}}: Richard doesn't like modern technology much, ironic as he was a tank inspector in the army and ensured that the war machines ran smoothly.
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''The Glass Bees'' is a science fiction novel written by Creator/ErnstJunger. It concerns the efforts of a veteran named Richard to find a job in a world where he feels he is increasingly becoming obsolete. The title refers to robotic bees manufactured to replace real ones by one of the companies Richard attempts to get a job at.
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''The Glass Bees'' (German title: ''Gläserne Bienen'') is a science fiction novel written by Creator/ErnstJunger. It concerns the efforts of a veteran named Richard to find a job in a world where he feels he is increasingly becoming obsolete. The title refers to robotic bees manufactured to replace real ones by one of the companies Richard attempts to get a job at.
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''The Glass Bees'' is a science fiction novel written by Creator/ErnstJunger. It concerns the efforts of a veteran named Richard to find a job in a world where he feels he is increasingly becoming obsolete. The title refers to robotic bees manufactured to replace real ones by one of the companies Richard attempts to get a job at.
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