Communication by https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox Story of Your Life and Lingua Franca en-us 2021-11-16 21:04:18 UTC 2025-10-19 21:30:43 UTC hello@padlet.com The role of perception in communication sophielopez13 https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1895624787 In "Story of Your Life", the power of perspective is explored through the interspecies communication at the root of the story. Characters come to understand that the way they communicate originates from the way they naturally percieve things.]]> 2021-11-17 01:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1895624787 Communication as Cultural Preservation sophielopez13 https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900113029 In "Lingua Franca", the atmospheric conditions on Mist's planet resulted in the planet's population being deaf. As a result, the people of this planet communicate exclusively in sign language. ]]> 2021-11-18 17:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900113029 sophielopez13 https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900125320 The speech and science of the heptapods is difficult for even the smartest human scientists to understand. The heptapods also struggle similarly when communicating with humans. The fact that both parties struggle in this way demonstrates a difference in perspective rather than a true intellectual gap. ]]> 2021-11-18 17:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900125320 sophielopez13 https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900242009 When the people of this planet start to adopt the methods of communication of "off-worlders", they neglect their cultural heritage in favor of adapting to this new lifestyle. ]]> 2021-11-18 18:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900242009 "Their lost eyes watched dejectedly as their children chattered on in animated mouth-talk with other children." (McDonnell 216) sophielopez13 https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900669363 This line at the end of the story demonstrates how those still adhereing to the traditional standards of their culture are being left behind by their children, who are being drawn in by the novelty of this brand new foreign language.]]> 2021-11-18 22:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900669363 "My mind was cast in the mold of human, sequential languages, and no amount of immersion in an alien language can completely reshape it." (Chiang 140) sophielopez13 https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900681836 This line illustrates the fundamental disconnect between the modes of communication of heptapods and humans. The story demonstrates how communication without understanding is essentially impossible.]]> 2021-11-18 22:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sophielopez13/zv0wmj09esxzy9ox/wish/1900681836