assage and answer the questions that follow.
"They're Made Out of Meat"
by Terry Bisson
an American science fiction and fantasy author,
ade Out of Meat" is one of his most famous short
tory, two speakers are discussing whether or not
come foreign beings from another planet.
ade out of meat."
Re-read paragraphs 12-15:
"Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
"Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn't take
long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?"
"Spare me. Okay, maybe they're only part meat. You know, like the weddilei. A meat head with an electron plasma
brain inside."
"Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads, like the weddilei. But I told you, we probed them.
They're meat all the way through.
The narrators' comments influence the theme of the story because they show that they-
A
B
do not understand humans and try to compare them to creatures they do understand.
are disgusted by the idea of creatures made of meat who have short life spans.
are hostile to the humans and trying to find a way to rid the universe of creatures made of meat.
ey're made out of meat."
D
feel afraid because they suspect humans are superior in intelligence and will outsmart them.