“Hi Ho Cherry O”

 This game is related to the story because in the story the robot discovers what the game is and by looking up information about the game and watching a commercial that advertises the game. I also think that he tries to play the game with the wife but doesn’t know until she actually figures out what he’s trying to do. (I’m not sure about that part)(so correct me if I’m wrong).An S&M relationship (sadism and masochism) is described in the story when the wife notices that the robot is always sad and  the only time that it’s happy is when it is abused by the wife. I think the significance of the ending is to show that it relates  back to the game “Hi Ho Cherry O” and the wife wants to make sure that the robot knows that she won, not him. I think that the author is writing a dissertation on lost children board games because the essay discusses different types of board games that the kids would  play and in the story the robot was trying to play “Hi Ho Cherry O” with the wife. Based on the story I think in their world they rely on robots to do the housework for them just like maids.