Friday, October 29, 2010

The Tragedy of being Misunderstood

The the story "speech Sounds" we see a world in utter ruin. It seems to that bulter was trying to communicate to us the importance of communicating between one another. We see in this world a lack of understanding between one another because they can not speak to each other. theirs fighting and violence all around and is that what we are today when we cannot proper understand each other. We just act like animals, taking what we want and killing and beating who ever we want. it remind me of a the tower of babel story in the bible, when they loss the ability to speak in one language, men started getting angry and violence there to erupted. It seem strange that though they can communicate through writing they still put the greater value on speak in stead of adapting. I guess the loss of ones voice means everything to a person in a world of silence.

1 comment:

  1. Great connection between Butler's story and the tower of Babel. I think you are on to something. In general, Butler used numerous Biblical references in her stories and books. She even has two novels named after Biblical parables.

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