 What is the significance of the Washington Monument flying into space at the end of the story?
Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction November 1959. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Two muscular and bored attendants in spotless whites, lounged beside the locked door and chatted idly about the Dodgers' prospects for the pennant. Through the barred windows of the workshop, rolling green hills were seen, their tree-studded flanks making a pleasant setting for the mental institution. The crafts building was a good mile away from the main buildings of the hospital and the hills blocked the view of the austere complex of buildings that housed the main wards. She stopped behind a frowning, intense patient, rapidly shaping blobs of clay into odd-sized strips and forms. As he finished each piece, he carefully placed it into a hollow shell hemisphere of clay. The flying fingers continued to whip out the bits of shaped clay as the patient ignored the question. "You've been coming along famously and you must remember to answer when someone talks to you. "Atom bomb." I thought you said an 'atom bomb.'" "Why that's very good, Mr. Funston. That shows real creative thought. "All right, fellows," he called out, "time to go back. At the clay table, Funston feverishly fabricated the last odd-shaped bit of clay and slapped it into place. With a furtive glance around him, he clapped the other half of the clay sphere over the filled hemisphere and then stood up.
 It shows the reader that it is certainly something about his gaze that causes these events
 It shows that someone else has powers similar to Thaddeus  It shows the reader that it is certainly something about his gaze that causes these events  The government is able to confirm their suspicions that he is able to create different types of powerful reactions, not just bombs  It is a politically charged building which makes it a more severe issue to the men studying him