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Linda Luder wrote a new blog post The Power of Hope in Butler’s Fiction in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
In my Inspire Paper I wrote about hope and its great power to get us through almost anything. Butler’s fiction demonstrates that hope is the one emotion ingrained into the human brain that moves us forward and […]
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Linda Luder wrote a new blog post The Greater Freedom of Identity and Sexual Orientation in Oankali Society in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
When I was reading the fourth section of Imago’s first chapter “Metamorphosis,” I couldn’t stop thinking about whether or not Octavia Butler made the conversation between Jodahs and Nikanj resemble a conversation […]
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Linda Luder's profile was updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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Linda Luder wrote a new blog post Misanthropy in Octavia E. Butler’s Fiction in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
In both of Octavia E. Butler’s novels we read so far, Clay’s Ark and Fledgling, the author repeatedly demonstrates how horrible humans can be. Oftentimes, Butler seems to think of humanity in rather negative […]
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Linda Luder joined the group American Studies 6 years, 5 months ago