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Question
Have you read novels or short stories about life on other planets ? What is this type of writing called ?
1. What does the letter suggest about its writer ?
2. What do you think may happen between the writ·er and Pen Pal ?
Solution
Yes. I have read the novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley This type of writing is called 'Science Fiction'.
1. The letter suggests that the writer is a living being of a planet other than the earth. This planet is in the galaxy This living being does not know anything about the Earth, its inhabitants, etc.
2. I think that there may develop a 'friendship' between the writer and Pen Pal.
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