1. By the title i thought they were trying to figure out how was it that a machine won the warm but then i was like how can just the machine win without any human. 2. The genre of the novel is science fiction. 3. The exposition is, The discussion of how their jealous of the credit given to Multivac. "Jealous, Max?" .The rising action, The discussion of their use of Multivac .The climax is, The highest point of interest occurs when Lamar Swift explains that he used a much older and smaller computing device to make the hardest of decisions .Falling action is, Swift begins to think of old memories and times the used the coin to help him with his difficulties. This is shown from the facial expressions and changes, and not from his thoughts .The denouement is, The conclusion of this plot twisting tale is when swift reenacts how he uses his machine stating, "Heads or Tails?" and prepares to flip the coin. 4. The protagonist is John Henderson, Max Jablonsky, and Lamar Swift. The antagonist is machine and humans …show more content…
Max Jablonsky does not trust Multivac. He is the chief interpreter of science's oracle. He gives into temptation. He does not care much for the multivac. He smokes cigarettes also jealous of the credit given to multivac. Lamar Swift is a patient and understanding. He is the military general he is the oldest of the three. He does not discard old inventions because of new ones. He does not fully trust technology. The amount of responsibility placed upon him scares him but does not overwhelm him. John Henderson dislike multivac he is the chief programmer. He gets nervous about messing up on important tasks he is also secretive. As the war progressed, he began to care less about multivac. Also somewhat know that multivac is