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Earthers, also referred to as other-worlders or mouth speakers, are humans who are from Earth that have moved to the planet that our main character, Mist, resides on. They've completely assimilated themselves into the culture of the planet and its inhabitants, and Mist makes a very good point in regards to this by saying, "Our families have roamed the starry seas for centuries. Others accepted us; they saw our gifts, not our lack. But these Federation Earthers are used to seeing things their way, so they change everyone else's way of seeing."

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The general way of life had forever been changed after the Earthers moved there and asserted their ways of adding sound into the lives of the citizens through a throat-cutting, implant receiving process. Mist never wanted her daughter, Flowers-In-The-Sun to receive those, but her family still went behind her back and let her daughter go through with it without her permission- an intense betrayal, surely. It was also clear in the way Flowers was suddenly more inclined to listen to the others about certain things (about holding hands with her mother, amongst other things), something that her mother was explicitly worried about in the beginning.

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Here is an interesting video about Linguistics, something that's quite important in this short story as there are many different forms of language and ways of communicating with each other that are highlighted in this story.

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Here is an interesting video about Linguistics, something that's quite important in this short story as there are many different forms of language and ways of communicating with each other that are highlighted in this story.

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What is Linguistics?: Crash Course Linguistics #1

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For Mist, it seems that what really upsets her about the whole idea of implants are the fact that the Earthers seem to be trying and assimilating amongst them/purposely trying to change their way of life. Citizens of Earth today already have the tendency to make things go their way or else you have to face the highway, and it seems to be no different in the future. Humans are always dividing and conquering, and now they're trying to do the same on this planet.

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Heptapods were alien life-forms that resided on Earth temporarily, and went through a period of time being interviewed by physicist Gary Donnelly and linguist Louise Banks, who is also our main protagonist. The goal was to learn their language/figure out how to communicate with them, and find out why they were on Earth/what their purpose for visiting was. They were not hostile, as a matter of fact they were the exact opposite- always cooperative and willing to compromise.

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Louise and Gary (primarily Louise) spent quite a lot of time trying to figure out different approaches to communicating with the heptapods, and only after many tries did they finally get the result that they were searching for. However, the form of communication that intrigued me the most was when they brought in screens to display the words while Louise tried to communicate with them and Gary acted the words out. "We began with some simple intransitive verbs: walking, jumping, speaking, writing. Gary demonstrated each one with a charming lack of self-consciousness; the presence of the video camera didn't inhibit him at all." It was a very fun and interactive way to try and communicate with them, and it did indeed seem to work.

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Here is a fun, animated video about Aliens that might interest you from one of my favorite YouTube channels: The Infographics Show!

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Here is a fun, animated video about Aliens that might interest you from one of my favorite YouTube channels: The Infographics Show!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9GcdLHoOrA

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50 Insane Alien Facts That Will Convince You They Exist