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>
Lost generation is most likely referring to the young men that served in the military and lost their lives during the war, which left a huge age gap in many populations. The remaining population mostly consisted of women and men that were too old to serve or too young. All fit men between the ages of 18-45 ish were gone.
Antigone wants to honor her dead brother Polyneices by burying him, but doing so would get her in trouble with Creon and "insult" her other brother, Eteocles. What member of the family will she stand by?
The word harbingers as it is used in this excerpt is a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
