As a matter of fact, sacrifices can also be present (presented) as a personal revenge due to jealousy. Like Daedalus, who’s the father of Icarus, he pushed his smartest pupil off a cliff because of one factor; he was jealous and scared that the pupil may one day be smarter than him. The Emperor used to be (was) the strongest (most powerful) person in the kingdom, but now that the inventor is higher than he is, Yuan became jealous. Based on his response: “how my houses and the servants? Like ants?” we clearly see that he does not like people looking down at (on) him. When the author was describing the mechanical garden, it seemed that everything was so tiny compared to the Emperor (tiny trees, tiny people and tiny birds), making him appears (appear to be) invulnerable. But in contrast, the Emperor had to look up into the “heavens” to be able to see the man soaring above him, as if the inventor was a dragon or a god, which made the Emperor smaller and powerless. (Not smaller, weaker)

The story states that when one has a certain amount of power, he/she should never abuse it. The execution of the inventor shows us that the Emperor sacrificed an innocent man due to the fact that he wanted to maintain his power and position. Emperor Yuan does not really feel much regret to the execution, but he belie

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