Monday, January 31, 2022

Response to Octavia Butler, "Speech Sounds" (due Wednesday, February 2, by midnight)

                                                                    Octavia Butler

Read Octavia Butler's story “Speech Sounds” (https://www.unl.edu/english/docs/englishweek17/engl200-speechsounds.pdf)

Writing response: 

1) Describe what you think Butler is trying to accomplish with her story. Provide two quotes to support your perspective. (Don’t forget to use signal phrases and quotation marks.) 

2) Then describe another possibility for an ending that you think would be interesting or reflective of the world you yourself inhabit.