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I had no idea what Dawn was about when I first opened it. Perhaps it’s just me, but I when I started, I kept trying to find things that proved that Lilith herself was not human. From the very start, I was suspicious of her. When she first “Awakened” I assumed that she was some […] Continue reading →

After finishing Dawn by Octavia Butler, I am curious to see where the next novel will take Lilith and the others- is it possible, as Lilith suggests at the end, that “a few fertile people might slip through and find … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We talked in class on Tuesday about the forces of agency in Lilith’s Brood.  Who has it?  At this point I’ve only read up until page 163, but I have found that the Oankali have all the agency.  For instance, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Lilith to me came off as an over-trusting, somewhat weak character actually. Though she was strong enough to resist talking to the Oankali initially, after her second awakening she gave up her silence and began answering their questions. Once Jdahya … Continue reading → Continue reading →

At the begging of Dawn we are introduced to Lilith a woman who has been living in confinement for what seems like many years. She hasn’t been in control of anything besides her own sanity and will to live. Her life seems alien to us, and we soon learn that it was indeed aliens who […] Continue reading →

The most alien thing Lilith has to deal with is the lack of humans she’s come in contact with.  In class, we had a lot of people commenting that they assumed “Lilith’s Brood” was some sort of vampire book or some other supernatural characters of some sort would be opposite Lilith.   She’s put in surprisingly …

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Dawn, the 1st novel in the Lilith’s Brood trilogy by Octavia E. Butler, is set in an intensely alien world, …

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What strikes me as truly alien are the plant rooms in Lilith’s Brood. I had trouble understanding what they are. Are they independently living organisms or are they part of another living creature? Do they think on their own? How will they play a more crucial role in the book? The section where Kahguyaht takes […] Continue reading →

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 →