Colleen O'Rourke- Blog Post 8

1. How is the concept that humans are corrupt relate to dystopias and post-apocalyptic worlds?

2. Zaki, Hoda M.. “Utopia, Dystopia, and Ideology in the Science Fiction of Octavia Butler (utopie, Dystopie Et Idéologie Dans La Science-fiction D'octavia Butler)”. Science Fiction Studies 17.2 (1990): 239–251. Web...

3. In this article, Hoda Zaki touches on feminism, human nature, utopias and extra-terrestrials in different works of literature. She focuses on the work of Octavia Butler, a SF writer. Zaki discusses feminism in that there are stereotypes saying "there was no 'women's genre in science fiction.'" This turns out to be not so true through Butler's great work. She states in her work a lot of information about human nature in the eyes of aliens, saying that they are fundamentally flawed with violence, sex, intelligence and static. These aliens believe that human politics in incorrect and they need to take over or change our world, creating more of a utopia. 

4. This article speaks to the issue of my inquiry question very well. It goes in depth on the corruption of humans and the impact aliens would have in a world if they were to be non-fiction.