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Who is the boyfriend of the main character?
Alan
100 pts.
What is agency?
the ability a character has to take action to affect the events of the story.
200 pts.
How does Butler depict disability in her short story?
Butler depicts disability as complicated! Butler shows how there are multiple perspectives to see when looking at disability. There are both some negative qualities and positive qualities (Disability in Butler).
400 pts.
Who is Beatrice?
Beatrice is a fellow DGD and one of the leaders at Dilg that directs patients of DGD.
100 pts.
How do you think Butler would define disability?
Hint from a quote of the author:
“A handicap is probably not enough of a W.O. [worthy opponent] for a novel. How I made it in spite of blindness, deafness, mental problems, inability to walk, etc. is good for autobiography, but not for a novel. The handicap may be in effect, the ally of the W.O., but not the W.O. itself.”
Disability is an important feature of one's life. It can play into identity and how one experiences and views the world, however, it should not be characterized as their defining attribute or downfall (Schalk 4).
300 pts.
How does Butler depict agency in her short story?
Agency is depicted as lost when characters in the short story focus on the limits caused by disability. Agency is found when characters focus on their strengths and what they can do with the time they have.
300 pts.
What is Alan's mothers name?
Naomi
200 pts.
What is Speculative Fiction?
An umbrella term for the genre that covers science fiction, horror, dystopian, and fantasy. It is an imagined future that will often critique an aspect of real life. 300 pts.
What is the main character's name?
Lynn
300 pts