Theme Of Manipulation In Dawn By Octavia Butler

Science is defined as “knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation (1).” In other words, science is the study of the world through the manipulation of it. It is then no surprise that Science Fiction, better known as Sci-fi, is thoroughly driven by manipulation. This can be clearly witnessed through both film and literature. Manipulation is found in many aspects of such works. From political, to cultural, to psychological, to physical, to technological and to even microscopic. Even more fascinating is the fact that this mirrors life outside of literature. A work of literature that displays manipulation in multiple facets is Dawn by Octavia Butler (2). Dawn is the story of Lilith,