User:Mona's mistake/sandbox

Entry #1
6th,March Today was the first day of class where we begun to focused on learning the basics of Wikipedia. We created our user-page and username. Shortly after we begun the process of learning how to use the basic functions of adding citations using an MLA format. We were given packets and logged onto black board where we took a quiz and was briefed on respecting our fellow wiki users by signing after contributing to any form, we were cautioned on our lasting imprint on this forum. --Mona&#39;s mistake (talk) 21:06, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Entry #2
After reading the assigned articles and familiarized myself with Octavia Butler i was able to further edit her current life and education on her Wikipedia sandbox. I noticed some key factors in her early childhood that needed to be edited and better elaborated. I was assigned to team two where we begun to dissect her current article page by collaborating with in the group while successfully finding solutions with in the assigned article. Shortly after we focused our attention to the other team's and their suggestions for her page. We ten posted our suggestions to the talk page making it available for onlookers. Earlier today I fixed my unorganized sand box and organized my references and edited some of the basic context. We spoke about the different types of folktales associated with the "vampire" and how it has evolved as time passes. We were briefed on Fledgling and what to look for while reading it. --Mona&#39;s mistake (talk) 02:43, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Entry #3
I read parts of other articles written about Octavia Butler and found reasons why she would be Notable.I then read the leads from encyclopedia articles. I focused on the things that made her special, and read the article that was assigned to me. We gathering into groups of for and threes, i was assigned to group four. I started to read teh part of Octavia's butlers Wikipedia page the class was assigned to edit. My teammates and i found a lot of inconsistent information. We then went onto the Google page and bullet ed things we thought should have been there as they represented accomplishments. I added it to the talk page signed it and the class came to a close --Mona&#39;s mistake (talk) 02:43, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Entry #4
I was an editor in group two, which means I had to edit two themes in order to publish it onto Wikipedia. My themes were “the survivor as a hero” This sub section focused on the protagonist portrayed by Octavia butler. Many of whom were disenfranchised and endured many obstacles relating to sex, race and age. The protagonist often focused on those who would normally have an estranged relationship with society. However they triumph and succeed. After editing I added footnotes to the already edited themes and uploaded this theme to Wikipedia. I had the opportunity to edit the ““section. Octavia butler focused used existing biases and twisted them with an explicit format. --Mona&#39;s mistake (talk) 02:43, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Entry #5
On May 1st we began the class by learning key points of paraphrasing: we reviewed the paraphrasing handout. After coming to a basic understanding we began an exercise of paraphrasing two sentences. We were given one minute to read and understand the sentence and five minutes to make five different sentences in a group of two. I was in group four, the beginning was a bit rough by the second question we were on a role and finished a total of four sentences, I finished research assignment number four and was able to move on to the fifths assignment. The fifth assignment was split up into four questions. The first was listing the main ideas; the second used the characters from Fledgling. My third was topic themes for myself, I picked Afro-futurism, feminism and Difference as a means of survival. I edited the and added "survivor as a hero on Octavia E Butlers page and explained the changed. We picked quotes and poems for the live article and decided where to place them. We were shortly briefed on next week and viewed the finished touch of the article before we were let out for the week.

entry #6
We were given topics done by other students, and had to edit them incorporating quotes and transition then into our own words. We team was doing hybridity; we were given three sections which we begun to reword, quote and edit the overall section. We were confident enough to allow another team from our class to read it and make drastic changes if needed. Luckily enough they liked our draft and we were given permission to uplo0ad it to our sandbox, I began to write my journal entry. Professor briefed us on the upcoming research paper and we left for day the

Fledgling Summaries
Chapters 1-6

She awoke hungry naked and badly hurt in a dark area with hard floors with no memory of the past. Not know who she was or where she came from. She was badly hurt and waiting for an animal to approach her, she stayed still and eventually ate it, which lead her to hunt during the night and slept during the day as it helped her heal. The sunlight burned her skin so she rested until she felt physically able. She stumbled onto an area where there had been a fire; there were a few burned homes and the smell of chard flesh. She somehow though she would find food there but there was at the moment. She wanted something more than flesh, her hunger lead to another source of food. As she walked along a highway it didn’t take very long for a car approached and inquired about her wellbeing. He asked her to come into the car with the intention of taking her to a hospital or a police station. She became frantic by the though of being around strangers and attempted to jump out of the moving car. She bit him to get out of the car, his blood accented his smell and with out much hesitation he allowed her to fondle the area. While she was caressing the wound he once again tried to manipulate her to go to the authorities. He grew fond of her company and wanted to give her a name, he thought of the name Renee that meant reborn. Against his better judgments he took her home, which is socially unacceptable because she has the physical structure of a pre teenager His name was Wright and is a college drop out who is staying with his aunt and uncle in an extra cabin, he holds a position at his uncle’s company as a construction worker. He took off her cloths and stroked her chest and confirmed his theory that she was actually a child and female. He also came to the conclusion that she was more than likely to be a vampire and older than she appeared. She initiated sex and he was quickly erected, she bit him one more and he quickly ejaculated. Renee noticed that she would need more blood but couldn’t feed on wright with the fear of actually killing him. Luckily there were many neighbors around and she fed on six people caring and treating each of her victims with respect. There was something about her saliva or venom that was euphoric ever time she bit someone they wanted more. The following weekend wright and Renee went back to the burned houses after she read an article about the place being abandoned. There were obvious signs of people living there and there was no account for the dead people. A man attempted o soot wright. Renee jumped in front of the bullet she jumped on him and begun to suck blood. She knew that she would be uncontrollable during the healing process and the fear of hurting wright lead her to stay and hunt on Saturday night. While hunting she went back to the gunman to question him. She found out that he was also connected to some one like her and could not give her any information on him because he was strongly connected to him. She understood and choose not to press the subject, she urged him to tell the man about her hoping to find answers about herself and what happened to her.

Chapters 7-15
One week later Renee and Wright went back to the ruin hoping Raleigh Curtis had spoken to the person that bit him and request they came back to meet with her. Renee wanted Wright to stay behind; he was afraid of the people she was going to meet and scared that he might loose her forever. While they looked around the ruin they found a crucifix among the debris, it was silver, Renee picked it up, this debunked many of the religious vampire myths. Shortly after a helicopter landed, a tall spidery man with pale skin and long libs stepped out. Renee could see the resemblance even though they were from a different race: she could tell that they were of the same species. He asked her how she survived and called her Shori. He reached out to her but she pulled away from the stranger. She explained waking up in the cave with no memory. He then introduced himself to her as Iosif Petrescu, and then he explained that he was her father. Shori was told she lived there at the ruins with her mothers, sisters and humans. He began to tell her that males and females of the same family do not love communally in the same house. She questioned her species and under stood that she was a vampire. Iosif explained the theories of the Ina people. Some believed that they were sent on the earth by the goddess and other believed that they have evolved alongside humans they Ina’s a just powerful. Wright learned that through mutualistic symbiosis Wright could live healthy for two hundred years. Shori learned that she is 53 years old. All of her family died by shooting or the fire. Even though she was saddened and ashamed by her act she spoke about eating the man in the cave before coming to her senses. Iosif required Shori to move in with him, he wants to build her a house for her and her humans. Wright opposed the idea and Iosif quickly reminded him that he couldn’t help Shori and teach her how to be Ina. Shori flew up to her father’s estate where she met one of her brothers and a few humans, who seemed to know her. Wright complained how far it was from his home and he seemed bitter about sharing her with men and women. He spoke to some of the human that lived there and didn’t seem happy about their life style. He realized that shori had already begun to feed from other people and was not comfortable with the idea. She visited the humans she has been feeding from and choose one person to come; along with her. Theodora the lonely librarian. She begun to make arrangements to move out and knew that she could support many people right now because she didn’t want o make them uncomfortable. She noticed that Theodora had a lot of things and she could not provide for her fully, she introduced her self to her and told her the whole story. Theodora was thrown off because she was a black girl, but needed her anyway shori explained that she would be back for her. They were ready to move and Iosif was not answering his phone. Shori begun to worry, she wondered if her fathers home had been under attack. She went looking and eventually found the estate. Everone was dead she couldsmell where her father and brother died. She realized that some of the humans worked out in the town, shortly after she bumped into Celia she was Stephan’s human, she later met up with Iosifs human Brook. They were both very distraught. After they collected themselves they went to a safe house. That house was under attack as well, Shori killed the attackers. They were now without a place to stay and living out of their cars when Shori begun to question Brook about any other Ina’s or friends of the family who can help them. Brook only remembered the Gordon’s who lived in California. After going back to the cabin and informing Theodora and getting some money they went on a quest to find them and they did. The Gordon's were a family of men with younger boys a few years older than Shori; there were elder fathers and middle-aged looking men. They questioned her and after realizing what happened they said they would do their best to help her. they gave her a home to stay in with her two new symbionts and was as kind and sympathetic to her situation

Chapters 16-27
After some of the Gordon’s left to figure out m finances the attackers came Shori was able to prevent any one from getting hurt, they captured two of the attackers and she bit them. She sat him down to eat and asked him questions; he had been bitten by another vampire family that did not like Shori because she was mixed with human. They got the men from off the streets and lied to them saying that the vampires were sick and having sex with children and they needed to be killed. She asked about the other two fires and the same group of people did them. Shori was asked to meet with a future symboiant; he was an African American male who just finished college. Wright had a hard time understanding why Shori would choose a black male. Because of her ability to stay awake during the day and stand in sun light with out long term damage she would also we a good suit for one of the younger Gordon boys. The elder Gordon’s came home and questioned the human collecting al the information they could. They decided upon on calling a council meeting to trial the Silk family. The families showed up for the council meetings, the person asked to blessed the council was the elder of the silks, he used that opportunity to explain how much of an abomination Shori was. The meeting continues and Shori were to be represented by an older woman who turned out to be a bad choice, the silks attacked Shori’s mental state and Shori lashed out. Shortly after Theodora was flew out she will killed in an effort to weaken her and have her seem incapable to make decision’s due to grief. She was rightfully represented and attacked for being different. Shori quickly learned it was Katharine symboiant who killed Theodora; he was long on his way to Texas. A huge effort was used to keep Shori from attempting to attack Katharine she decided to maintain her composure.

Chapters 27-Epilogue
Shori and her now three symboyants went on a picnic and spoke about the future they were all very happy together. The next council meeting came up and the silks punishment were to have their children taken away and distributes among Ina families, Katharine when accused of plotting the death of Theodora was very cynical. It was obvious she had done it and mad very little effort to cover it up. Her punish meant were to have her legs amputated. Ina’s grew back limbs it would be a painful process but she would have her family and humans along with her. She refused to accept the sentence and refused to accept that’s Shore was in fact a member of the Ina family. The council members urged her to think about the decisions she was making, by not accepting her sentence she would be put to death. During the recess she attempted to attack Shori, however She was not expecting her to be as strong and fast as she was. Katharine throat was ripped out by Shori and her body dismembered and burned, her sister took it upon herself to face her sisters sentence for her family and the council came to a close. She did not want to be adopted and loose her memory but wanted to live with an Ina family to learn. She asked a family member who said yes, one day She would marry one of the younger Gordon boys. Joan and Margaret Braitwaite left their phone number and email for Shori to contact them so she can move in and learn from Women Ina.

--Mona&#39;s mistake (talk) 02:42, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

My Impression Of Octavia Butler
Octavia Estelle Butler was born in June 22, 1947 to Octavia Margaret Guy and Laurice James Butler. Laurice James Butler died when she was seven years old; her mother was a maid on a plantation where most of her family worked. With no childcare available for little Octavia she accompanied her mother to work, this gave little Octavia a different understanding of oppression, which would later be recognized in her literature. Her mother left school at ten to feed her siblings and herself. Even though she had an estranged relationship with literature she read to Octavia until she was five. The tables turned quickly and Octavia begun to read to her mother. Her mother would encourage her writing by taking her for a library card, buying her a type writer in the eight grade and bringing home books that were put out for trash from the houses she cleaned; some of these books were too advanced for Octavia but she read them any way. Like most Octavia was disconnected with her fellow peers. She had an advanced understanding of the struggle for freedom. She was six feet tall and shy, being an only child did not make it any easier on her.Many of her educators did not notice her talent ,she did not think she was “bright” She was in touch with her surrounding’s which was heavily influenced in her genus ideas of equality expressed in her work. Octavia butler was a science fiction author during a time when women were not recognized. She was a strong Black woman who made a path for women and people of color with perseverance and a passion for literature.

Reception and legacy
“In academic circles Butler is best known for her book Kindred about a contemporary African-American writer named Dana who is called back in time by her great-great-grandfather. He is a white plantation owner, and needs Dana to keep him from death. Without Dana's protection he will die, and consequently, Dana will not be born, either. This complex interconnection of races, and the mix of time periods, led to much praise for this book.” Kindred maintains an important place in academia, it has been chosen by educators for high school and college level courses for many years. The novel ability to relate to social matters has remained persistent for many years. Butler continues to encourage people to write long after her passing The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship established in her memory by the Carl Brandon Society in 2006.

Citation Pratice
The Encylopedia of Science Fiction

Research Assignment 4
Bast, Florian. “‘I won’t always ask’: Complicating Agency in Octavia Butler’s Fledgling.” 1.	In paragraph 5, Bast explains that “[t]he potential for agency lies in an individual’s ability to knowledgeably work within the discourses [for instance, racism and sexism] that define his or her existence.” Is self-determination, then, the same for every person on the planet? A: Bast argues; discou8rses shapes our existence however people are different because of race, sex and gender which makes their struggles different as well.

2.	In paragraphs 6-7, Bast describes the novel’s style: a first-person bildungsroman. Find out what the term bildungsroman means and explain it in your own terms. A: A novel that was written during a person’s spiritual enlightenment while they were developing as an individual

3.	In paragraphs 8-10, Bast identifies two obstacles in the way of Shori’s self-determination: 1. xenophobia; 2. ignorance of self (who/what she is). Give one example from the novel for each of these two obstacles. A: She was persistent in finding out who she was, where she came from and educating herself on the past, her past had a lot of trauma and she continued on her to find her self The Ina people were separated by the Presence of Shori, some thought she was an abomination another’s saw the future of their families.

4.	In paragraphs 11-12, Bast identifies the notion of “awakening” or “birth” as a central trope of the novel. What does Shori’s awakening mean at the beginning of the novel? What does Shori’s awakening mean after she has defended herself and her symbionts from Katherine? A: She was confused and trying to find herself, after defending herself she awoke knowing who she was and where she belonged

5.	Paragraph 13: Why is it important that Fledgling is a first-person narration? A: The blue print of the book can be traced back to African American Heritage

6.	Paragraph 14, first sentence: In what ways does Shori’s investigation of who she is reflect the historical experiences of African Americans? A: She gained control of her life by educating herself and finding answers

7.	In paragraphs 15-17, Bast notes that, while Shori’s progress is a triumph of agency, the story of her symbionts questions whether everyone can have the same agency. For example, the reader would expect Wright to have a high level of agency to correspond to his whiteness and maleness. Explain three ways in which Wright’s “normal” agency is undercut by his relationship with Shori. A: He begun a relationship with a black child of another species

8.	Paragraphs 19-24: What biological urges complicate agency for the Ina? What biological urges complicate agency for humans? A: Ina needs more than one human’s and can injure the one’s they love Human’s still have urges to start a family and live normal lives

9.	In paragraph 25-29, Bast posits that the term “mutualistic symbiosis” does not mean that Ina and humans are equals. Give three examples from the novel that prove that the Ina are in control of their relationship with humans. A: Ina needs to feed on humans or they will die 10.	In the last paragraph, Bast explains that, in the aggregate, Fledgling posits “whether the highest degree of agency is automatically the most desirable state of being or whether there is a higher potential for happiness in choosing a specific kind of dependence.” In your view, how happy are Shori’s symbionts about their dependence on her? How do you know? A: Wright’s only unhappiness stems from the fact that he truly did not have a choice, he is satisfied by the way Shori treats him and the others; he also does not like to share Shori. The other Symbionts are happy to be with Shori and would be dead without her