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Assembling all of this equipment took months, but I could not afford to be
anything less than meticulous. Once the preparations were complete, I was able to
place each of my hands on a nest of knobs and levers and control a pair of
manipulators situated behind my head, and use the periscope to see what they
worked on. I would then be able to dissect my own brain. ...
We are not really consuming air at all. The amount of air that I draw from each
day's new pair of lungs is exactly as much as seeps out through the joints of my
limbs and the seams of my casing, exactly as much as I am adding to the
atmosphere around me; all I am doing is converting air at high pressure to air at
low. With every movement of my body, I contribute to the equalization of pressure
in our universe. With every thought that I have, I hasten the arrival of that fatal
equilibrium.
Identify two themes conveyed in this excerpt. How do these themes develop over the course of the
story? Be sure to refer to examples from the excerpt or story to support your analysis.