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premidterm assignment) Model Student Pre-midterm answers 2016 (Index) Essay 2: Personal / professional research topic proposal |
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Timothy Morrow
All Lilies Wither: Analyzing Violence towards Women in Science Fiction
From taking the course Literature
of the Future so far, there seems to be an underlining theme that can be
observed when reading the narratives so far. In
The Parable of the Sower the
protagonist Lauren observes the violent treatment of women around her, being
murdered and raped and sometimes both. In “Stone Lives,” the character June
Tannhauser is instantly sexualized from the main protagonist; seeming like her
only purpose being to feed his sexual desires and in the end is murdered without
reason. In Genesis, Eve is firstly
declared a product made from man, and thus under his rule, and later in the
story is deemed the person responsible for the fall of man. These examples
stated above among many other yet shown make it clear that when concerning
Narratives of the Future, the future doesn’t seem bright for the ending of
violence towards women. As an English Major who is currently working on also
achieving a certificate in Women’s studies, the treatment of women within
literature is very important and should be an aspect well studied. Years from
now, when I become an English professor, I hope to be able to apply the
knowledge of women in literature, as well as in Narratives of the future in the
classroom to bring to light the issues of violence toward women in the real
world as well as within literature.
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