Coming of age. When you are a child of some things that are real, they look like imaginary (like death) and some things that are imaginary, they seem to be real (like a monster). The process of growing up has a lot to do with discovering what is real and what is not. Growing up teaches us life lessons that make us grow up to become good people who care for their family.
The family. The Watsons go through all together. They are family and they are fighting the world as a unit. They love each other, hate each other, irritate each other and try to understand each other.
Friendship. Much affects us. They can be good influences (such as Rufus) or bad influences (such as Buphead), but in any case, who we choose for friends and how we act, has to do with what people we become.
Race. The story is held during the Civil Rights Movement. There were changes in how society treats Afroamericans, and many people who were not happy with these changes responded with hatred and violence. All this makes us think about race.
Mortality. It's a tough lesson for anyone. Especially for 10-year-olds. But that all happened around Watsons. The first dove dies, and then Keny almost drowns, then a bomb in the church kills four little girls. Every time something similar happens, we think about death. And it pushes us, especially Byron and Kenny, to learn some pretty adult lessons about how much death is certain and how fragile the life is.
Guilty. The guilt is quite one of the worst and most powerful feelings. Some of the guilt he experiences is legitimate (as when he hurts Rufus' feelings), but sometimes guilty feelings are related to something we can not control, for things that Kenny can not control (as happened in the church). So the feeling of guilt is not always related to our mistake.
The
discovery that the narrator makes by dissecting his brain is learning
that his thoughts require a constant flow of pressurized air because brain activity slows due to low air pressure.
"Exhalation"<span> <span>is a </span></span>science
fiction short
story<span> <span>by </span></span>Ted
Chiang. <span>The story is </span>epistolary<span> <span>in nature, taking the form of a scientist's
journal entry.<span> </span></span></span>
Answer:
It comes across to me that you come from a “hierarchy” culture where one would formally address an elder with respect. Here it is your uncle, whom I assume is an older gentleman, probably your parents’ older relative, living in a rural area with limited or no modern means of communication near by where he lives. Writing would be the next best thing. I would be happy to get a letter in the mail from my near and dear one who lives in another country.
I would start by saying,
Respected Uncle or Dearest Uncle….,
I hope you are doing well.
It has been a long time since we have seen each other. I remember my childhood when mummy and papa would bring us sometimes on our holidays to spend time with you. It was one of my best holdisays, and I want to visit again with mummy and my family so they too can have an experience of rural sunny life in ……..
I have not been out of the country (name your country) for some time now as I was tied down with some personal work at home and also my job kept me busy.
Now that I am able to free up some time, I thought about coming to visit you for a few weeks. First, mum was wanting to spend some quality time with you before she gets older and would not be able to travel later on alone; and second, since it is winter out here, this would be an opportune time to enjoy your sunny weather and be with you.
Uncle, I am mailing this letter to you today and we are all eagerly waiting to hear back from you soon, so we can make necessary travel arrangements.
Your nephew,
