Write an introduction and an epilogue to Ted Chiang's "Exhalation" for a reader who is unfamiliar with science fiction and does not take the genre seriously. Your introduction will explain the purpose of science fiction in general and use figurative language to make science fiction easier to understand or to prepare the reader for some of the ideas and situations in the story. The epilogue will consist of a formal, objective summary of the story to clear up any confusion about what happened. In either the introduction or the epilogue, discuss at least two major themes in the story to help the reader understand how science fiction can engage with important ideas.

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Exhalation" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ted Chiang, about the Second Law of Thermodynamics. It was first published in 2008 in the anthology Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan. The essence of your stories, your natural brevity of style just brings about the densest of subject matters within comprehension. In “What's Expected of Us”, Ted Chiang once again toys with the idea of free-will and determinism. ... In crude terms, the light knows if a human will press the button or not.

Stories contains nine stories exploring such issues as humankind's place in the universe, the nature of humanity, bioethics, virtual reality, free will and determinism, time travel, and the uses of robotic forms of A.I. The essence of your stories, your natural brevity of style just brings about the densest of subject matters within comprehension. In “What's Expected of Us”, Ted Chiang once again toys with the idea of free-will and determinism. ... In crude terms, the light knows if a human will press the button or not.

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tree and the cat in the tree

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.