![]() ![]() ![]() Butler manages to weave the heavy and disquieting themes of xenophobia and slavery into a novel in a way that creeps into the mind. It can also alienate those who might not agree with the author’s opinion. Tackling dark themes sometimes opens a writer up to criticism for being too political. Butler’s depictions of both humans and aliens, which she calls the Oankali, in Dawn, Book One of her Xenogenesis Trilogy masterfully weaves together the themes of xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia, and social hierarchy in a book that is deceptively easy to read. Science fiction novels have long been a means for writers to disguise social commentary as entertainment easily digestible by the masses, and Octavia E. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people. I wasn’t trying to work out my own ancestry. ![]() If you haven’t read Dawn yet but you are planning to, this essay may contain some spoilers that you might otherwise wish to avoid. ![]() Butler’s Dawn, the first book in her Xenogenesis Trilogy. For this reading, I chose to write about Octavia E. As part of my MFA, I have to complete twelve close readings. ![]()
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