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This picture shows Native American children being forcibly Americanized. This is compatible to the colonization of Mist's community and the way in which the children become assimilated, ensuring that future generations follow the Earthers' traditions.

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The Earthers assume that because Mist's community uses a non-hearing mode of communication, natives are linguistically inferior. This creates a social hierarchy that encourages locals to adhere to the Earthers' customs for a chance to rise to the top of the hierarchy.

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For their own financial and cultural gains, the Earthers are imposing their ways of life onto Mist's community.

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This scene from Arrival, a movie inspired by Chiang's story, shows Dr. Louisa Banks meeting the Heptapods for the first time. Note that the aliens create the logograms almost all at once. The Heptapods don't distinguish between the beginning or the end of a logogram, which reflects the way they experience time.

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Arrival (2016) - The Heptapods Speak Scene (2/10) | Movieclips

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The Heptapod's language dictates how they think and experience time. As the quote above suggests, the Heptapods experience time all at once, hence their overlapping and deeply connected logograms.

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In this episode of Star Trek, the crew of the USS Enterprise encounters an alien ship. Like in "Story of Your Life," the linguistic differences between the two groups leads to confusion and prevent them from exchanging goods and cultural knowledge.

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“We experienced events in an order, and perceived their relationship as cause and effect. [The Heptapods] experienced all events at once, and perceived a purpose underlying them all. A minimizing, maximizing purpose.” - "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, page 134 

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“We experienced events in an order, and perceived their relationship as cause and effect. [The Heptapods] experienced all events at once, and perceived a purpose underlying them all. A minimizing, maximizing purpose.” - "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, page 134 

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" 'The Earthers don't speak to us unless they are contracting business,' Flowers-in-the-Sun explained. 'They think our life-knowledge is not equal to theirs.' " - "Lingua Franca" by Carole McDonnell, page 208

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" 'The Earthers don't speak to us unless they are contracting business,' Flowers-in-the-Sun explained. 'They think our life-knowledge is not equal to theirs.' " - "Lingua Franca" by Carole McDonnell, page 208