In class this week we read the stories by Octavia Butler. One of which was called "The Evening and The Morning and The Night." In this story the society is conflicted by a disease called DGD, which is caused when people take cancer-curing medicine. The main character, Lynn, had two parents who had the disease. This disease causes affected people to lose control and make very irrational decisions. For example, DGD caused Lynn's father to kill her mother and then himself.
Similarly, the other story, "Speech Sounds" is also about an unheard of disease that is affecting a society. The diseases deprive people of the ability to read or write. For this reason, characters cannot communicate because not all of them have the same capabilities. However the disease eventually fades. The significance of each story is that Butler seems to be trying to show that diseases can be overcome with faith and hope.
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