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Flower in the Sun being able to communicate using both sign language and mouth speech

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Represents the looking glass that was used to communicate

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“For several seconds, Mist studied the movement of their lips, but could decipher nothing (pg.202).”

“”Two more women raced past Mist. She caught a bit of their signed conversation. Their hands spoke of cutting, about mouth-speech (pg. 202).

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Mouth-reading needed to understand

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Communication between Mist and her husband was off. They did not understand each other’s perspectives.

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Communicate with sign language

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Ear Implants need to hear and communicate through mouth-speech

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Communication is not verbal due to deafness

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Language Block

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Both the aliens and humans are curious about each other

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Voice recorded needed as assistance to communicate

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Lots of confusion

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Hand gestures needed as a way to understand each other

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Brainstorming ways to interact/understand

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The humans and aliens could not understand each other.

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“One of the heptapods pointed to itself with one limb, the four terminal digits pressed together. That was lucky. In some cultures, a person pointed with his chin; if the heptapod hadn’t used one of his limbs, I wouldn’t have know what gesture to look for. I heard a brief fluttering sound, and saw a puckered orifice at the top of its body vibrate; it was talking. Then it pointed to its companion and fluttered (Pg. 6)”