Writing is among one of the few subjects that can teach people a new way of thinking from an event that never happened. In many fictional stories, readers immerse themselves in a completely foreign and fictional setting and try to imagine how they would act if they were in the character’s scenario. This expands a reader’s mind and way of thinking to not only consider different types of thinking, but also to consider many outcomes and possibilities. In Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild Butler creates a world where humans live cohesively with an alien species where humans are not the dominant creatures. Butler uses this world and strong writing to test the reader’s mind with her in-depth descriptions, strong pacing, compelling perspective, and revealing character dialog.
Within the short story Bloodchild the reader is exposed to gruesome descriptions of a “birthing” process that includes cutting open a man to pick live maggots from his flesh. The description changes how …show more content…
One of the most notable examples of this is when T’Gatoi is removing the Tlic larvae, “You may have to kill another animal, Gan. Everything lives inside you Terrans,” (Butler 16). The way T’Gatoi speaks with a detached amused tone shows that she is not disturbed by the scene and the act of filleting a man. T’Gatoi’s lack of empathy alienates the readers who previously thought that she cared for humans and their wellbeing. Another example of where dialog enhanced a scene is when Gan confronts T’Gatoi in the kitchen about his part in becoming a host to the creatures saw extracted from a man. “’What are you?’ I whispered. ‘What are we to you?’” This line helps enhance the climax of the story by showing just how confused Gan is of his relationship with T’Gatoi. It also shows the reader just how confused Gan has become by asking a question that before he believed that they had a mutual love for each
Within the short story Bloodchild the reader is exposed to gruesome descriptions of a “birthing” process that includes cutting open a man to pick live maggots from his flesh. The description changes how …show more content…
One of the most notable examples of this is when T’Gatoi is removing the Tlic larvae, “You may have to kill another animal, Gan. Everything lives inside you Terrans,” (Butler 16). The way T’Gatoi speaks with a detached amused tone shows that she is not disturbed by the scene and the act of filleting a man. T’Gatoi’s lack of empathy alienates the readers who previously thought that she cared for humans and their wellbeing. Another example of where dialog enhanced a scene is when Gan confronts T’Gatoi in the kitchen about his part in becoming a host to the creatures saw extracted from a man. “’What are you?’ I whispered. ‘What are we to you?’” This line helps enhance the climax of the story by showing just how confused Gan is of his relationship with T’Gatoi. It also shows the reader just how confused Gan has become by asking a question that before he believed that they had a mutual love for each