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.

question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

explanation:

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.