Category Archives: Group 4

The best way to describe Lilith’s assimilation into her new Oankali family is as a pet. Nikanj often insists that she is a part of the family, but then again, so is a dog or a cat. Nikanj’s efforts to teach her about Oankali language are simply part of a training regimine similar to training […] Continue reading →

After the almost paralyzing boredom of Lilith’s first two hundred and fifty years among on the Oankali, her final exposure to the extraterrestrials, starting with her meeting Jdahya, comes as something of a shock.  And, indeed, Butler does manage to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t really get the ooloi.  I understand that they facilitate the reproductive process, but I really wonder about their nature as a “gender”.  They aren’t, entirely, a gender.  They’re a bridge so that men and women can successfully reproduce.  I wonder then, why are they considered a gender in that society?  What is the Continue reading →

As a female, I placed myself in Lilith’s situation and found the most alien aspect of the situation would be unaware and unconnected to my own body. Women have been advertised and known to be one with their bodies, emotionally … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Pagae 25, is a continuation of the scene where the doctors are introducing the rats as a team who ” work” together and are capable of assembling a jet engine in 48 hours. These graphics interested me in particular because … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The most fascinating part of the WE3 plot for me was when the dog discovers that the machine is not a part of him. This moment of self discovery is profound, but it is also expressed in simple language. The moment is revealed in only four words, “is coat not we (105 Morrison and Quitely).” […] Continue reading →

As I was reading We3 and looking at the character archetypes of the three main characters, I began to wonder what I was really looking at. Grant Morrison is pretty big into psychology.  I had a friend tell me about his use of Jungian psychology or something along those lines in his comics.  I have Continue reading →

   I have chosen to analyze page 105 in Grant Morrison’s and Frank Quitley’s We3.  I thought this page had particular significance because it is the point in the graphic novel where Bandit realizes that the coat of armor in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We3 is a Graphic Novel full of horrid, grotesque and occasionally sweet images. While definitely a book which speaks against the mistreatment of animals and the abuse of power, by those in power; it also shows how there are people who are truly benevolent and exist on a higher level. One of the pages I […] Continue reading →

Throughout WE3, the animals are all preoccupied.  1, who is arguably the highest of the three animals, cognitively speaking, is preoccupied with the idea of “HOME,” the act of “PROTECT,” and morality, striving to be a “GUD DOG.”  2, on … Continue reading → Continue reading →