https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9 "Lingua Franca" and "Delhi" en-us 2022-09-14 18:11:05 UTC 2026-01-21 02:28:12 UTC hello@padlet.com lsant210 https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296870579 Aseem and Flowers-in-the-Sun experience what it means to be an outcast. "'Flowers-in-the-Sun won't even fit in with her own family, much less with the rest of our world. Already, the other children leave her out of their mouth-to-ear practice'" (McDonnell). ]]> 2022-09-14 18:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296870579 lsant210 https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296875762 Aseem vividly sees apparitions, including from the future. This impacts his quality of life. Mist's quality of life is also impacted by the introduction of new off-worlders.]]> 2022-09-14 18:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296875762 lsant210 https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296880541 Mist and Flowers-in-the-Sun have different opinions on the Earthers who seem to want to change their ways. This includes making English a requirement for jobs, socializing, and more. "'Those who get the implants grow richer and stranger,' the old man continued. 'Sad it is, but true" (McDonnell). ]]> 2022-09-14 18:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296880541 lsant210 https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296890210 Speaking and hearing are qualities of Earthers. The process of being able to speak and hear is a skin-cutting surgery that goes against policy. For Mist, this is unholy, but her daughter undergoes the procedure. Aseem, too, struggles with language when meeting the girl from the future who speaks of Lower Delhi. "He's never heard of Naya Diwas Lane, or Neechi Dilli. New Day Lane? Lower Delhi? What strange names" (Singh).]]> 2022-09-14 18:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296890210 lsant210 https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296896926 The Earthers arrive on Mist's home planet and have issues with it, such as it being too loud, and cannot understand the people. They find a solution by implementing a surgery to allow those who undergo it the ability to speak and hear, vastly different from the unspoken sign language they do. Their arrival impacts the planet. "'Already the children of our village no longer dance to the light at our festivals. They insist on 'Sound- dances; preferring 'music' to light. They hide their natures, clans, and status'" (McDonnell).]]> 2022-09-14 18:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296896926 lsant210 https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296900124 Aseem is also impacted by the future. "He is afraid because it is likely...that some kind of violence awaits him" (Singh). He is worried about the future, as Mist is.]]> 2022-09-14 18:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296900124 lsant210 https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296906106 Flowers-in-the-Sun is growing up and leaving her mother behind. It starts by accepting the language, but where does it stop? Mist fears the loss of culture and the impact the Earthers will have on her people and planet. Additionally, Aseem has accepted his life and knows he must continue to live.]]> 2022-09-14 18:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lsant210/in352p12pex5kay9/wish/2296906106