Octavia Butler Bloodchild Analysis

After reading Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild and the afterward note. I would have to say that I disagree that this story is not related to slavery. There is a lot of phrases, and to me subliminal messages to what goes on that to me relates to slavery. For example, in the beginning of the story T'Gatoi keeps saying that Gan is “too thin”. This made me think about how slave masters judged the soon to be slaves before they purchased them, by saying they were too dark, or uneducated, or tested their ability to speak and write. T’Gatoi then tries to in my opinion bribe Gan’s mother Lien into making a trade using eggs she then replies “"Did you think I would sell him for eggs? For long life? My son?” once seeing the word “sell” it gave me a feeling …show more content…
When I read it, it was like they were forced to be near the alien. The word used to describe the humans was “terrans” I compared it to how in slavery days the masters and owners would use the word “nigger” or “negro” as a derogatory word for the slaves in order to make them feel as though they were below their masters. Just like slaves in the south “terrans” were not allowed cars or way of transportation. They only were provided farm equipment.
I compared both slaves and terrans in Bloodchild and found that they had quite a few things in common, they both had no rights, they both had to sacrifice a loved one into doing things that they did not want to do, they both ended up just accepting it as a way of life rather than fighting it off. Even though sometimes it was both male and females being sent off as slaves they both have the same background. Back then it was more common for the fathers, brothers, sons and nephews to be sold in order for the mother to bear their own child in order to keep the cycle going on, just like in