English @ SUNY Geneseo | Laura Major | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/lm23/activity/ Activity feed for Laura Major. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6d656c22d10870eb91f9474945ad16f3 Laura Major wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=677 Mon, 11 May 2015 16:16:32 -0500 To be honest, I had never heard of Octavia Butler before signing up for this class. To be really honest, I had never even read much science fiction. “Science fiction? That sounds cool. Sign me up!” was my thought […]

]]> c7634e3747125aa052bc2f53169c2aba Laura Major commented on the post, "Self-Reliance" and Parable of the Talents, on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/05/01/self-reliance-and-parable-of-the-talents/#comment-886 Fri, 01 May 2015 15:28:51 -0500 Just some crazy connections I noticed — later in the paragraph mentioned Emerson says “a man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of […]

]]> fb30e73eb854deff18a186929268c49b Laura Major wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=624 Fri, 01 May 2015 15:15:58 -0500 You all know how I feel about Lauren’s quest to start a new religion and gain followers. But, I am not so stubborn as to overlook and appreciate the philosophical intellect she offers. This particular segment […]

]]> 338ede05d61f586a24aa35ea123884ef Laura Major wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=602 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 04:10:14 -0500 Upon turning on the TV tonight, I came across the live news coverage of the current situation in Baltimore, MD. As I’m sure many of you know, there have been riots and protests there following the unjust death of […]

]]> 031d2bdcec5ad470eb1f8f3eb58b01f4 Laura Major wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=509 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:45:46 -0500 ThumbnailA thought occurred to me this week during class discussion. The conversation was centering around the what-if scenario of the ability of humans to move to another planet. We were also talking about the way humans […]

]]> 9e8620c84626f4f946a7df57b69559d7 Laura Major commented on the post, Smelly Art, on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/06/smelly-art/#comment-706 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:43:16 -0500 That’s so cool!

]]> 12f073b40a29b263485369bb7694d5c1 Laura Major wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=458 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 03:24:13 -0500 As we have now read multiple stories by Octavia Butler, it is strongly evident that much of the same themes reoccur throughout her works. Now, it is obvious that Butler wants to challenge her readers, but I […]

]]> 0fc8b44a7f68af26c6ac2a42c6a18321 Laura Major wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=324 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:26:06 -0500 The question of whether or not Shori is a protagonist seems to be evidence of Butler’s refusal to define her characters as “good” or “bad.” It is indeed easy to label Shori as the protagonist…but only if not […]

]]> e55d449535711b22cbd6463d0dbb336f Laura Major wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=242 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:55:20 -0500 ThumbnailThroughout Fledgling, one of the prominent points (although the purpose of which remains unclear) is that Shori is short, or small. In the first chapter it is revealed that she possesses the body of what looks […]

]]> 20eb1be4fdbb1d3bf1be1a42df74ba11 Laura Major wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=38 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:33:39 -0500 ThumbnailDuring last week’s class discussion regarding the question of what brings people together, many interesting thoughts and ideas were presented. Common interests, proximity, power, and even chance were amongst the […]

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