![]() ![]() ![]() This portrayal of power will be contextualized and compared to Marx’s theories of power relations. The need to exercise power and authority in both cases is criticized as an excessive and often harmful habit of humanity. It can be said that both works examine the concept of power, both in terms of humans as a species and people of different genders. ![]() Butler makes the reader empathize with her characters, finding humanity even in the unfamiliar, and gives them an opportunity to think about their own perspective on the world. Despite a drastic change in setting from the natural world, both stories are deeply personal, choosing to critique society from a singular individual’s perspective. In both cases, humanity has to find ways of coexisting with a different species, find a compromise or face the consequences. The works that will serve as the focus of this discussion, Bloodchild, and Amnesty, in large are concerned with the topic of power. The themes discussed often concerned the issues Olivia felt strongly about, feelings of alienation, otherness, gender relations, and the influence of power, among others. Many of them explore topics that are deeply connected with the human condition, focusing on both the personal and the societal. Butler is a prolific science fiction writer, having created a number of award-winning works during her lifetime. For the purposes of this paper, works of an American author Octavia Butler. ![]()
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