Interpret “rabbit” to be the subject of “eat,” and it was a hint, such as ayoung girl might give her mother so she’ll open a bag of Purina Bunny Chow
Think of this as the rabbit has a freedom of choice of what it wants to eat, but at the same time if the bunny is given Purina Bunny Chow, that is what it is going to eat verses starve.
TheBookofAgescannotbewrong;thisscenarioisbasedonthepremise that a person is given knowledge of the actual future, not of some possiblefuture. IfthiswereGreekmyth,circumstanceswouldconspiretomakeherenactherfate despite her best efforts, but prophecies in myth are notoriously vague; the Bookof Ages, is quite specific, and there’s no way she can be forced to bet on a racehorsein the manner specified
When reading over this passage I think that is can be miss leading sue to the fact of betting. The Book of ages can either be looked as a bunch of theories that are made up of they are records of past winning to make a person think they are making the right bets.
action”
This poses a question of whether or not their "actions" we enough to make a change, but was it in a good or bad way?
I know that the heptapods have occasionally stopped talking to us for briefperiods. That may be a tactical maneuver on their part. If we were to stop talking tothem tomorrow—”
This reminds me of the saying "fighting fire with fire" because they are trying to do the same thing to others as what already happened to them.
“My point is this: their motive might not be to trade, but that doesn’t mean thatwe cannot conduct trade. We simply need to know why they’re here, and what wehavethattheywant. Oncewehavethatinformation,wecanbegintradenegotiations.
We can relate this back to what our country does with trading natural resources and different goods to benefit our country.
tinny
Meaning having a displeasing sound
rolling his eyes so oen
This can send such a negative or annoyed sense to someone who is watching somewhere else.
train of thought”
This leads to a question of what train of thought? What is the first thing that they are reminded of? What made the thought be triggered? Was it like a remembrance thing?
The semagrams seemed to be something more than lan-guage;
This relates to the Babel 17 when Rydra is trying to figure out the language but is stumped until different events trigger different ideas.
I used to wonderwhatitwasliketohaveone’sthoughtsbemanuallycoded,toreasonusinganinnerpairof hands instead of an inner voice.
I think that this is a very good point to make due to the fact that communicating through sign language doesn't allow for people to show emotion through commutating with someone as when talking verbally you can show a lot of emotion through the tone of your voice.