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Just as the clock in the kitchen "kept its invariable monotone of tick-tack, tick-tack" Miss Asphyxia worked at a constant pace, never slowing or hesitating in movement.

-Ashley Austin

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The name itself, Asphyxia, suggests that she is a machine able to function without oxygen. In addition, it becomes apparent to the young Tina that she lives a life without beauty or love, which to Tina is the entire reason for living.

-- Chase Conger

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“Let me put your bonnet on said Ms. Asphyxia in a brisk metallic voice".  Robots are made from metal and their speeches therefore  sound metallic.  The use of the word metallic portrays that Asphyxia sounded like she was a Robot.

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“Let me put your bonnet on said Ms. Asphyxia in a brisk metallic voice".  Robots are made from metal and their speeches therefore  sound metallic.  The use of the word metallic portrays that Asphyxia sounded like she was a Robot.

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“Wh-a-t? Said Asphyxia.”  robots words are chopped like this when they speak sometimes also, so by having Asphyxia words chopped, it makes her sound like a robot also
- KM

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It is later said that Miss Asphyxia “trod down and crushed whatever stood in the way of her work”. Miss Asphyxia works as if she is a machine or, “as if she had been a steam-engine”. This specific word choice for Miss Asphyxia uses her emotionless nature to portray her as being like a machine

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It is later said that Miss Asphyxia “trod down and crushed whatever stood in the way of her work”. Miss Asphyxia works as if she is a machine or, “as if she had been a steam-engine”. This specific word choice for Miss Asphyxia uses her emotionless nature to portray her as being like a machine

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Rachel Young

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Miss Asphyxia is “ a working machine”. All of her actions are calculated and precise. She alway is doing something beneficial to herself and others “she must set right about knitting every minute she isn't doing anything else".

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The middle aged worker, Miss Asphyxia, is calculating, cold, and cynical. She is described by the narrator as, “neither passionate nor cruel (page #?)” meaning that she is is inexpressive or unemotional much like a working machine would be.

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The manner in which Miss Asphyxia completes her work is, “”with as little compunction as if she had been a steam-engine or power-loom.”  This portrays her as someone who gets her work done efficiently and without care for those she delegates tasks to.

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The "calculations" she thinks of , in turn, cause her to perceive things in a more simplified manner, and to have little feeling, or for a lack of a better term, human emotion.

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Another parallel with machines, Miss Asphyxia was “built” completely for use. She is described as incredibly efficient, hardworking, ceaseless, and uncompromising just like the constructions Stowe so effectively makes her symbolize.

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Repeatedly in the story the author directly compares her to a machine without any pretense, “she watched the quick, decisive movements of Miss Asphyxia with somewhat of the same respectful awe with which one watches the course of a locomotive engine”.  This word choice is not subtle in its mannerism of portraying Miss Asphyxia’s tireless work ethic and expectation for others to perform on her same level, similarly to a machine.

Natalie

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This mimics the effect of industrialization on children who were forced to work instead of being allowed to just be kids.  Miss Asphyxia believes that she has “done up [her] duty to the child” (Stowe) revealing that she believes work was of the highest importance and the only thing that was useful.

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Miss Asphyxia takes in the child in order to “create her product” and to perfect the little girl into the machine like adult Miss Asphyxia is.

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Stowe says that Ms. Asphyxia is “always wound up and going”(7) which refers to her work ethic like the work ethic of a machine.

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Furthermore, parallel to how a machine is built with a purpose, Miss Asphyxia lives with the mindset that she is “entirely for use”. This displays that Miss Asphyxia dehumanizes herself and identifies more as a “steam-engine or a power-loom” in the story.

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Stow's use of words such as “usefulness,” unproductive,” “operations” and the often mention of machines like “locomotive,” “steam-engine,” and “power-loom” help draw the conclusion that Miss Asphyxia is much like a machine in her manner of life.
Christine Teague

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Miss Asphyxia believes that it is her duty to “create” the perfect product that a machine makes, much like training the girl perfectly so she works without flaw.
-Tanvi

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Although the word asphyxia is meant to represent the of suffocation, this short story uses it to represent that of Miss Asphyxia suffocating underneath the weight of her work which leads her to be emotionless. Throughout the story, Miss Asphyxia is described as "a working machine, always wound up and going", similar to a machine in a factory.

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Stowe describes Miss Asphyxia, claiming, “Nature had made her, as she often remarked of herself, entirely for use,”  just as machines were made solely for their work. - Cory

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Not only is she machine-like in personality, even her movements and actions mirror those of a "locomotive." Every movement and word is sharp, harsh and precise, she moves without grace or frills as "she rattled into the back room."

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Just like a machine needs power to work, the young child finally realizes the “the awful reality of Miss Asphyxia's power over her...” and how her hope of a happy, loving life will not necessarily come true while she is under the care of Ms. Asphyxia.

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The name Asphyxia, meaning death by suffocation, itself adds to the mechanical picture of the “grim form of Miss Asphyxia”. Her lack of emotion further leads the reader to view her as a “machine”. 

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The name Asphyxia, meaning death by suffocation, itself adds to the mechanical picture of the “grim form of Miss Asphyxia”. Her lack of emotion further leads the reader to view her as a “machine”. 

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- Devin

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Miss Asphyxia also has the soul of a machine that feels no real sympathy for the child, “Miss Asphyxia had talked of takin' a child from the poor-house, and so raisin' her own help."