Category Archives: Group 7
Dear Akin
It is impossible for me to express in words the joy I feel in anticipating your arrival in this world. Looking back at my life, I cannot believe it has been over 250 years since my birth. I can barely remember the life I had before the war. It has been a struggle, but I […] Continue reading
“Akin…”
Dearest Akin, I am writing you this letter as your mother and protector, but also as the link between the two identities in your being which both unite and alienate you from others. You are special Akin. You are the product of two races of distant origins combining, evolving, growing, and becoming something righteously […] Continue reading
Consent and Agency
As we discussed in class on Tuesday, on of the most prevalent issues in Octavia Butler’s Dawn is the concept of consent, and whether Lilith ever could truly consent to what the Ooloi wanted her to do. I noticed this theme became even more dominant in the second half of the story. I believe this […] Continue reading
The Give and Take in Octavia Butler’s Dawn
Octavia Butler’s Dawn is a novel that, on the surface seems to be commenting on humans’ instinctual drive towards corruption. For example, the group of people Lilith awakens from suspended animation, despite being unfamiliar with their surroundings, is determined to establish a hostile environment wherein its members must choose a faction to support in […] Continue reading
A Third Sex? Inconceivable!
Dawn, the 1st novel in the Lilith’s Brood trilogy by Octavia E. Butler, is set in an intensely alien world, …
I keep wanting to say Broodwich
Is it just me, or did everyone else miss the part of Lilith’s Brood where they explain just what the hell is going on? I’m more than 20 pages in and I only have a loose understanding of what all … Continue reading → Continue reading
Reverse: Humanness might be an alien aspect in ‘Lilith’s Brood’
Lilith, one of the protagonists of the whole three stories in Lilith’s Brood as a black woman, faces an alien species named ‘Oankali,’ as soon as she wakes up from the 250-year-long-sleep. This was a shocking opening act to me. Even … Continue reading → Continue reading
Everything is Alien
Lilith Awakens once again to find herself in yet another strange room, this time with more amenities than in previous Awakenings. Even though she has a bathroom this time, complete with a shower, the entire situation is still alien to her. She hears vo… Continue reading
for Freedom!
This scene is what I thought the most vivid and impressive scene through the book, We3. Here depicted the very scene of the animals’ escaping from the laboratory. They escape to pursue their freedom. They want to go “home,” which literally means … Continue reading → Continue reading
WE3 and Symbolic Representation
I’ve chosen to talk about page 49 in the text. This is the same page that I chose for the tracing that we did in class, and I still find the overall flow of images incredibly compelling and worth taking a closer look at.At the top we have two panels t… Continue reading