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After our discussion Friday about a character's inability to speak and hear, I reflected on how much I take advantage of these skills. Talking, not as necessary in today's technology filled society, allows individuals to easily communicate with each other. Cell phone companies have estimated that the average individual spends 1440 minutes on their phone daily. Many use a portion of this time to physically speak with another individual listening on the other end. The ability to speak acts as an essetial part of everyday life and I never realized the great importance it has toward living my life. For instance, everyday in English, we have discussions on our opinions on books. In order to clearly recognize the emotions we feel toward characters and situations, we must voice our opinion in ways that express how we feel about the text. I have noticed that different tones and voice inflections reflect anger or other emotions. The inability to speak reminds me of a game I used to play during my childhood years. My parents would tell me and my sister that whoever could refrain from speaking the longest would win a prize. Unfortunately, I always seemed to speak right after the game began. Now, looking back on these memories, I realize two things. One, my parents did not enjoy listening to me and my sister speak. Two, I would suffer greatly without verbal communication. Sound plays an enormous part in my lifestyle.