What I read in this class:<\/p>\n
The Screwfly Solution<\/p>\n
Bloodchild<\/p>\n
Story of Your Life<\/p>\n
What I wrote for these reading:<\/p>\n
In my opinion, \u201cThe Screwfly Solution\u201d is a radical feminist story that disguised as science fiction. Although the actual truth behind this story is because of the alien\u2019s conspiracy of taking over the Earth. In addition to this, I feel like what Tiptree really want to talk about in this story is the sexual liberation problem. As what Tiptree has said in this story, Alan is a sensitive and kind man, and he finally joined the other men becoming one of the oppressors even though he tried his best not to hurt his wife and daughter. In \u201cThe Screwfly Solution\u201d, I think Tiptree had been expressing the message indirectly that men are the core source of women\u2019s oppression, and gender is the only criterion for this viral infection.<\/p>\n
Talking about Jacobin magazine, I can find equivalent expression where West wrote, \u201cFor radical feminists, the two main classes in society are not the working class (who sell their labor power) and capitalists (who exploit them), but men (the oppressors) and women (the oppressed). They call this patriarchy theory.\u201d Just like \u201cThe Screwfly Solution\u201d, the entire society bent on femicide, and the society is only constituted with men.<\/p>\n
In, my perspective, the story that Bulter wrote is very interesting with her unique viewpoint and thought-provoking. She conveyed the opinion effectively that \u201cFamily does not have to mean purely biological relationships either\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cBloodchild\u201d which is a complex story of interdependent relationships, depicting the complicated relationship between human refugees and the insect-like aliens in an alien planet. I can see Butler\u2019s conception of family is creative and reasonable. She skillfully plumbs the inherent emotions and the conflicts within the human psyche among human family. Aliens keep human refugees in a preserve to protect them, but also using them as hosts for breeding their young. Their relationship is based on benefits; however, when the egg was implanted to Hoa, T\u2019Gatoi said \u201cThis is my life, my family\u201d, letting me remind of the interview of Bulter where she said \u201cI can’t help dwelling on the importance of family and reproduction.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the interview, Butler said she want to break away from traditional conventions, and she thought science fictions are supposed to explore the new idea and possibilities. In my point of view, she absolutely did it. Rather than most of the science stories often say that human or alien must be the aggressor in their character, Tlic and Terran\u2019s family showed me a new definition of family, just like she said, \u201cIt is so much of what we are\u201d. This new family relationship also verifies Bulter\u2019s viewpoint that \u201cFamily does not have to mean purely biological relationships either. People who simply came into the household and stayed. Family bonds can even survive really terrible abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the video interview, Butler said, “a lot of people think science fiction is star wars, and you have to be 14 to enjoy it, and if you’re any older than 14 you should be reading literature.\u201dButler does not like the definition of her story, and she wants to expand a wide-ranging audience. In my opinion, avoiding stereotyping is just a generality for her, the deep reason is that she doesn’t want to be classified as a science fiction author. Butler wants the audiences to be genuinely interested in her words and the story she provides, rather than refusing to read because of the “science fiction” label.<\/p>\n
This is how Butler intends to appeal to a wider range of readership, she planted family relationship, feminism, different race in her story; for example, “Bloodchild”. Although this story is based on a Star Wars-type science fiction, we also can see much different emotional depth in it, as the relationship between human and alien, cannot be restricted to aggression and being invaded. She also puts her original family values in this story. Aliens keep human refugees in a preserve to protect them, but also using them as hosts for breeding their young. Their relationship is based on benefits; however, when the egg was implanted to Hoa, T\u2019Gatoi said, “This is my life, my family”. We can see the relationship between aliens and human refugees is changing, this unique family composition also can attract a wider range audience, not just 14-year-old readers.<\/p>\n
Butler’s science world is a world of possibilities, be not limited to race, gender, and aggression. These elements are embedded in the narrative, not forced upon them.<\/p>\n
In the book \u201cScience, Myth, and the Fictional Creation of Alien Worlds\u201d, we can see that Wedland defined sci-fi which is divided into two different styles: experimental and conventional. He said that \u201cexperimental SF is a medium for presenting an opinion on something outside of itself in the present world\u201d, and \u201cConventional SF moves in a circle and shows mainly itself\u201d. According to Wendland\u2019s defined, I think “Story of Your Life”, “Bloodchild” and “The Screwfly Solution” all belong to experiment.<\/p>\n
The different between \u201cStory of Your Life\u201d and \u201cBloodchild\u201d is the relationship. In the previous story, the heptapods did not hurt any people. Not only that, but they left after an information exchange with the human. Their relationship was based on information exchange. But in \u201cBloodchild\u201d, although alien and human finally built a family relationship, their relationship started to become unusual. \u201cStory of Your Life\u201d wanted to say the problem different with “The Screwfly Solution”. ” The Screwfly Solution” is the talk around feminism, and \u201cStory of Your Life\u201d’s major themes are language and determinism, which is a discussion with free will.<\/p>\n
Chiang also used a different narrative method with Butler and Tiptree. Chiang wrote two timelines and involved flashbacks used a first-person and 2nd\u00a0person to talk. Butler used more narrative sentences to say the story, she liked to write about the characters\u2019 thinking in the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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