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"Over time, the sentences I wrote grew shapelier, more cohesive. I had reached the point where it worked better when I didn't think about it too much. Instead of carefully trying to design a sentence before writing, I could simply begin putting down strokes immediately; my initial strokes almost always turned out to be compatible with an elegant rendition of what I was trying to say. I was developing a faculty like that of the heptapods. More interesting was the fact that Heptapod B was changing the way I thought." (126). Louise becomes proficient in Heptapod B quickly, but it also alters her understanding of reality. This knowledge of the heptapod language changes Louise’s life. She knows the future now, but does nothing to alter it, which is very fascinating. Language can broaden a person's mind, can it alter it as well?

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"I went to the chalkboard and drew a circle with a diagonal line bisecting it. "What does this mean?'"

"Not allowed?"

"Right." Next I pointed to the words NOT ALLOWED on the chalkboard. 'And so does this. But only one is a representation of speech." (108).

Throughout the novel, we see Dr.Banks trying to understand  the signs these aliens use to communicate with them. In every language, the writing system is based on the spoken language. However, these symbols do not seem to translate into something spoken until they compare Heptabod A and B. So cool.

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Isn't it interesting how they use their limbs and sounds to communicate? They have ink that gives out symbols and sounds to reach out to Dr.Banks and the others.

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"A minute later, the green entry lights of the family compound gates flashed: three long beams, lwo quick ones, then six quick ones. Jon's pattern: he was home." (205). I love how when someone wants to talk or is coming home, they use lights as an announcement. I find it very beautiful. It's very different, yet it may disappear with many of these people getting implants and actually speaking English!

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One fascinating thing to note in this story is that humans from earth came to this planet where people communication through sign language. Now, it's become popular for people from the original planet can get implants so they can actually speak with sounds through their mouths aka speak English.  Funny how one way of communicating might be "superior" than another.

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"When she stopped at the fruit stand of her favourite vendor, something orange caught her eye. The name of the fruit was written in the three regional ideographic dialects in addition to the lingua franca of the Federation: the English language. The "English" letters O-R-A-N-G-E took up more space than all the ideographs combined." (202).  I find it interesting how they have many languages on one sign to describe an object. It shows that there are many ways to communication in this story/society.