ReadingComprehensionAssignment2-S22.docx

Reading Comprehension Assignment:

Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds” & Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Boundary”

Type your answers in the boxes below.

1) Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

Main Characters (Identify Narrator)
Setting (Time/Place)
Summary of Events (What Happened?)
Central Conflict (Internal/External)
Central Themes (Universal Idea(s) Explored throughout the Story)

2) Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Boundary”

Main Characters (Identify Narrator)
Setting (Time/Place)
Summary of Events (What Happened?)
Central Conflict(s) (Internal/External)
Central Themes (Universal Idea(s) Explored throughout the Story)