Two friends wanted to decide where to go for dinner. Their conversation went like this: "We need to get something to eat. How about Sharky's so we can watch the game on TV? No, Sharky's is too noisy. Ok, then let's get pizza at the Pie Hub? Sounds good to me." In that conversation the statement "Sharky's is too noisy" would be analyzed and mapped as .

a rejected alternative

Explanation:

In the context, two friends were discussing which place or restaurant to go and eat some thing. One of them suggested to go to "Sharky". He even added the advantage of watching the game on the television which is in the restaurant "Sharky".

But the other friend rejected the restaurant "Sharky" as it was too noisy and chooses another alternative and wishes to go to "Pie Hub" and get a pizza from there.

Thus "Sharky's is too noisy" is a rejected alternative.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”