Octavia Butler

I enjoyed both of Octavia Butler's stories "The Evening and the Morning and the Night," and "Speech Sounds" because they are so different from anything I have ever read. When I was first reading "The Evening and the Morning and the Night," I actually thought DGD was an actual disease because she described it so well. She brings up a lot of interesting topics that make you think about what if you actually had this disease. Like we discussed in class, when reading this story I was thinking about the movie "I am Legend" and how they people infected with the disease seemed like "zombies" and fed off themselves and each other.

The other story, "Speech Sounds" also made me think about if I was put in that situation which handicap I would rather have. The story leaves a couple of unanswered question such as can they learn the thing that they don't have, and like we discussed in class the ability to understand drawings. I like Butler's stories so much because she makes you think about what would would do in that situation and what your reaction would be.