Story of Your Life
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All Themes Language Free Will Time Otherness, Prejudice, and Communication Parenthood
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All Characters Dr. Louise Banks Louise’s Daughter Dr. Gary Donnelly Colonel Weber Burghart
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Story of Your Life

by

Ted Chiang

Story of Your Life Symbols

Heptapod B

Heptapod B represents both the effect of language on thought and the incompatibility of free will with knowing the future. Heptapod B is the written language of aliens, called heptapods, who experience time differently than…

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