Dawn by Octavia Butler definitely reflected the perspectives
and ideals of majoritarian culture, so much so in fact that I surprised myself
with my own reaction to their situation. The book starts out from Lilith’s
perspective, who is ultimately cold and hostile towards her alien captors. In
fact she’s so disgusted by them that she can barely look at them. I personally
found this odd, and would probably have been extremely interested and
intrigued. The second aspect of majoritarian culture that she nailed was that
of the group mind of the people she awakened. Both Lilith’s response to the
crowd of awakened humans, and their reaction to Lilith seemed highly accurate
or likely to actually take place. I also loved how in adulthood rites, they
follow the perspective of Akin, Lilith’s construct Son. This really humanizes
the Ooankali, and almost makes Akin seem more human than human.
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