ENG237H1 Chapter Notes -Nonlinear System, Symmetry In Biology, Logogram
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Examines the simultaneous rather than sequential apprehension of the passage of time. Story abut the nature of language; about causality and choice. Story is about the common tragedy of the human condition: we all know that we are going to die. The present tense for this story is on the porch, right before their daughter is conceived. Dr. banks is called in as an expert linguist when the first aliens arrive. The government doesn"t want to reveal too much about the aliens, and doesn"t want the aliens to know much at all about earth. He doesn"t want anyone to interact with the aliens at first. He is happy to learn that the aliens couldn"t have learned english by listening to broadcasts. He doesn"t want her to let the aliens learn english. The interactions with the aliens are all told in the past tense; this is the before of her life. 112 of the alien looking glasses were on earth.
