In the short story “Speech Sounds”, it is evident that the limitation of communication makes a society dysfunctional. Limitations have the power to withhold or improve us. Communication is the platform that helps to develop the relationships between people. Let’s consider the visual of strangers. Two strangers need to have a somewhat interaction, exchange information and then get to know each other in order to form a relationship. Communication can help us convey our ideas, and it, at the same time, help us to understand the emotions, thoughts, and meanings of the people we interact with. If we succeed to think back about how communication started, the relationship between our society and communication is golden, because of the tremendous growth
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They lose the ability to understand, conclude the meaning, and the evaluation of material that are being said or shown to them. Introducing yourself to someone without being able to communicate is easier said than done. The two main characters, Rye and Obsidian, but more so Obsidian, demonstrated how to adapt to the loss of meaning and understanding. Rye chooses to go by her last name to make it easier for Obsidian to identify and remember her. They had objects which made it more basic to introduce themselves. “… he slipped a gold chain over his head and handed it to her. The pendant attached to it was a smooth, glassy, black rock” (Butler, 1983, pg.412). “She handed him her own name symbol – a pin in the shape of a large golden stalk of wheat” (Butler, 1983, pg. 412). The story displays the painful destruction of the human’s ability to communicate and …show more content…
Hope often includes empathy during challenging moments. Hope empower us and make us believe that the future outcome would be favorable. Genuine hope carries us through exciting challenges, difficult times and hope allows people to approach problems with a mindset to success which increases the chances that they will actually accomplish their goals. The two children in the end of “Speech Sounds” definitely indicates hope and the magic hope offers. The epidemic that destroyed the community, or most of it, didn’t harm the two children’s communication abilities. They indeed lost their mother in front of their eyes, but that handed them the opportunity to communicate with Rye and at that very moment Rye found hope in her miserable community. She realized that there is still a light at the end of this very dark tunnel and even in the worst situations, hope can guide us, if we believe in it. Rye is a hopeful character. There were several times where she thought of doing violent actions, but she decided against it. She wanted to kill Obsidian, because she was so jealous that he could read and that’s an ability she has lost. Before her trip to Pasadena, the story mentions how Rye thought of taking her own life, but she gave herself one last chance to see if anyone of her family remained through this devastating epidemic. Rye displayed hope in “Speech Sounds”
They lose the ability to understand, conclude the meaning, and the evaluation of material that are being said or shown to them. Introducing yourself to someone without being able to communicate is easier said than done. The two main characters, Rye and Obsidian, but more so Obsidian, demonstrated how to adapt to the loss of meaning and understanding. Rye chooses to go by her last name to make it easier for Obsidian to identify and remember her. They had objects which made it more basic to introduce themselves. “… he slipped a gold chain over his head and handed it to her. The pendant attached to it was a smooth, glassy, black rock” (Butler, 1983, pg.412). “She handed him her own name symbol – a pin in the shape of a large golden stalk of wheat” (Butler, 1983, pg. 412). The story displays the painful destruction of the human’s ability to communicate and …show more content…
Hope often includes empathy during challenging moments. Hope empower us and make us believe that the future outcome would be favorable. Genuine hope carries us through exciting challenges, difficult times and hope allows people to approach problems with a mindset to success which increases the chances that they will actually accomplish their goals. The two children in the end of “Speech Sounds” definitely indicates hope and the magic hope offers. The epidemic that destroyed the community, or most of it, didn’t harm the two children’s communication abilities. They indeed lost their mother in front of their eyes, but that handed them the opportunity to communicate with Rye and at that very moment Rye found hope in her miserable community. She realized that there is still a light at the end of this very dark tunnel and even in the worst situations, hope can guide us, if we believe in it. Rye is a hopeful character. There were several times where she thought of doing violent actions, but she decided against it. She wanted to kill Obsidian, because she was so jealous that he could read and that’s an ability she has lost. Before her trip to Pasadena, the story mentions how Rye thought of taking her own life, but she gave herself one last chance to see if anyone of her family remained through this devastating epidemic. Rye displayed hope in “Speech Sounds”