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  1. Mar 2025
    1. their apartment had no windows to the outside; nobody wanted to see theovercrowded external world

      It is weird how they are trying to help while ignoring the people that they are trying to help. Economic profit? The rich always end up trying to take advantage of the desperate and poor situation of people.

    2. verbal communication center is still giving trouble

      She was not worried because her son did not want to talk to her, she was worried that their attempt to create artificial life was not working properly.

    3. In Mrs. Swinton’s garden, it was always summer.

      Introducing the story in a setting as a place where "it was always summer" hints to the reader that this place is different and does not follow the same rules as the outside world; time stood still. As it does not respect the passage of time, that place may not respect other natural and mundane things.