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Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Research Journal Entry #1
In my first class of ENG 103 we met our professor; she introduced our course topic and indulged us into Wikipedia. She is a former editor of Wikipedia using the pseudonym of User: Doctorxgc encouraging us to understand Wikipedia as a worldwide reference to anyone and anything

My Impression of Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler was a unique person who had her own dreams just like we all did when we were young. Even though she was very good at writing science-fiction; her goals, perspectives and thoughts were very realistic and concrete. She found out what she wanted to be and what to make a living out of when she grew up at a very young age; when many college students’ today pursue liberal arts not knowing what they want to do with their lives. She makes a strong emphasize in her dislike towards cages and more when there’s a living animal inside. She learned to understand other living creatures by gazing into their eyes with curiosity and eagerness to learn about them. Butler felt ashamed of her species after a trip to the zoo; she saw the animals living in bad sanitary conditions, scared and defenseless against the kids throwing peanuts at them. She began making her own fictional stories and submitting them for publication. Every rejection slip just made her try harder until she got it. She was surrounded by people who implied that she wouldn’t get anywhere by writing; that she had to get a real job to earn an honest living. She never gave up and came to be one of the best science-fiction and fantasy writers. Her mom had much to do with her developing as a writer; she would bring home any and every book she found so Butler could read. If they were too advanced, she would put them away and she’ll eventually grow into them while her skills improve.

Fledgling Ch 1-6
The protagonist finds herself in a cave, she is wounded, weak but most of all, hungry. Her desire for fresh meat is uncontrollable and she senses an "animal" to later find out it was a man who cared for her. The protagonist starts to feel better little by little; finding herself naked, in the woods, under the rain, trying to remember who she is and why she was wounded in the cave. She comes to a place full of burnt houses where she finds over-sized clothing and memory triggering objects. She is later seen and helped by a man named Write Hamlin; who picked her up and gave her a name. He takes her to his cabin where they end up being intimate. She leaves the cabin while Write is in his sleep to feed herself out of other people's blood, trying to satisfy her unmanageable thirst. She needs to know who she is and what happened to her, hence her going back to the woods. This time with Write by her side, whom almost got shot.