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    Just opening this dialogue‚ forcing people to open their minds to the possibility that there is a perspective other than their own or a situation that does not fit into the clearly marked boxes they have laid out. Octavia Butler succeeds where so many activists‚ journalists‚ and angry social media users have failed; in her fiction‚ she turns the very idea of consent so on its head that she forces readers to look‚ not only outwards‚ but in at themselves‚ forcing them to

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    Speech Sound by Octavia Butler affirms Descartes Reason as the essence of Humanity “ I think therefore I exist”. Descartes argues that humans do not need to speak nor hear to actually think but they need to think to be actually human.  This is interpreted through his statement In Speech Sound Rye‚ and Obsidian are both sick. Rye cannot read but she can speak and Obsidian can read but not speak. They both are missing a “human” characteristic but according to Descartes they don ’t need those characteristics

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    Octavia Butler‚ author of the novel Kindred‚ focuses on the main issues surrounding race and gender‚ and their effects on the experiences the characters in the story as they face slavery. The novel focuses on how the system of slavery shapes its central characters‚ emphasizing society’s power to effect a change in identities through certain race and gender. The construction of the concept of "race" and its connections to slavery are central themes in Butler’s novel. Butler uses the work of time travel

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    co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements‚ spoke to a large group of students‚ mainly first years‚ and faculty about the central ideas Octavia E. Butler expressed in her book‚ Dawn. Butler used her main character in the story‚ Lilith‚ as a foundation for Butler’s past experiences. Butler‚ as well as Lilith‚ encountered a struggle with identity‚ oppression‚ and power. They also sought to embrace the differences of the people

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    stressed by Octavia Butler in her novel Kindred is the theme of racism. Racism has always existed in society due to the thoughts of one race being inferior to the other‚ in past times racism occurred more than what is in todays society. In the antebellum south slavery was something people had no control over‚ to everyone it was a society norm that majority of everyone participated in‚ as to where in 1970 California racism still existed but wasn’t nearly expressed as much. In Octavia Butlers Kindred both

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    “All that you touch you change: Utopian Desire and the Concept of Change in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents” By Patricia Melzer‚ Femspec 3.2 This analysis examines two literary narratives by Octavia Butler‚ Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998) that elucidate the intersection of three fields in Western thought: the notion of utopia‚ feminist politics and theory‚ and feminist science fiction. This intersection is crucial for feminists in

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    Victor B. Andrews IV Sean Ennis Writ 102 April 24‚ 2013 “Speech Sounds” Speech Sounds is a fictional story written by an African-American science fiction author by the name of Octavia E. Butler. Octavia Butler received both the Hugo and Nebula awards for various works of hers. At a very young age Octavia was diagnosed with dyslexia and had acquired a slight speech impediment‚ which led to ongoing teasing and humiliation from her peers. She was often belittled and bullied by this and also

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    The 45th President of the United States‚ Donald Trump‚ purposely spat at a black accountant: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it… I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault‚ because laziness is a trait in blacks.” In modern day society‚ stigma around the African-American race is still prevalent leaving ignorant people expressing harsh assertions‚ which are not true. African immigrants‚ from different areas of the continent‚ and African-Americans possess traits of utmost valor

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    Eyes and the Storyline Everyone does not look at life in the same way‚ but instead‚ they look at it individually with their own life experience. Kindred‚ a novel written by Octavia Butler is a novel about an African-American writer named Dana‚ who lives in Los Angeles during the 1970’s with her white husband‚ Kevin. An unknown force however‚ pulls Dana back into time‚ where she travels back in the past during the Antebellum South where she is met with the harsh period of slavery in the early United

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    The “Whole” Picture There are various connections that can be made between the characters within the novel “Kindred” written by Octavia Butler. The majority of these connections relate to four of the course themes we’ve visited in past few weeks: double consciousness‚ collective trauma‚ diaspora‚ and power relationships. The protagonist‚ Dana Franklin‚ traveled between the past and present and in her travels she met a variety of different people‚ including the enslaved African Americans

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