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Akin,
Don’t get kidnapped.
Lilith
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Consent in modern day life is pretty straightforward. If you do not get verbal or written permission from someone then you do not have their consent. If you do not hear a verbal invitation you do not proceed. If someone does not say “Yes”, tells you “No” or puts up a physical struggle during sex […] Continue reading →

Ok…I’m going to preface this with the fact that I realize this may seem a little corny, but I’m going to present the case anyway because I feel it is worthy of attention.  Nay, a blog post!  Lilith is “the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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 →

Sure, I could choose to write about the easy “alien” elements of Octavia E. Butler’s Lilith’s Brood: Dawn.  There are plenty of strange things in the story like a living spaceship or creatures covered with writhing tentacles and no eyes or ears.  Or I could focus on the shifting walls of the vessel and the […] Continue reading →

Do we trust the Oankali? Most of the members of the class said yes.  I think we need to reconsider whether or not we really feel this way about them.  With a novel full of aliens, in the extraterrestrial context, surprisingly very little seems foreign or “alien.”  The opening paragraphs describing Lilith’s cell while “Awakening” […] Continue reading →

The single most alien thing about the world Lilith is thrust into is the aliens themselves. There are many different aspects about them that seem to clash with what humans understand. To start, they look different. Jdahya is described throughout … Continue reading → Continue reading →

            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 →

In Lilith’s Brood, there is a large divide between how much freedom the humans have and how much free will they can actually exert. They are treated like slaves or pets, although the Oankali let them believe that they still have choices. Often this is expressed through the Oankali anticipating human actions, and allowing them […] Continue reading →

Eyes are important in science fiction. In any fiction, really, but with a particular emphasis on the sci-fi genre, with its regular analysis of what exactly it is to be human and, conversely, what it is to be non-human. We’ve discussed this many times in class. The monster in Frankenstein had his vibrant peepers that […] Continue reading →