"Feel like breakfast?"Page 11
All symbols were in Smith's vocabulary but he had trouble believing that he had heard rightly. He knew that he was food, but he did not "feel like" food. Nor had he any warning that he might be selected for such honor. He had not known that the food supply was such that it was necessary to reduce the corporate group. He was filled with mild regret, since there was still so much to grok of new events, but no reluctance.
The diction in this book is well thought out. In this passage we get a tiny glimpse in to Valentine Michael Smith's brain and way of thinking. He was quick to learn how to communicate on Earth but he still thinks like a martian He is unable to comprehend such a simple question and it brings up several complex thoughts. The word, "grok" seems to mean understand. It is used throughout the book by many characters, a made up word like "horrorshow" is used in place of good in A Clockwork Orange.
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