Summary Of Close Reading Of Xenogenesis Book One : Dawn

realizes that the people of the town are so afraid of the devil, she can use

realizes that the people of the town are so afraid of the devil, she can use

Be-Jesus-Christ, I gon do that for him then. Even if I got to see my soul fall howling into hell I gon do it.” … Selina visualized them as ominous birds poised, beaks ready to rip her father. She knew, even as dread seeped her blood, that this was not just another one of her mother’s threats about the land. The way her body had heaved as she spoke proved this. (62)

She had done nothing wrong in her entire 14 years of life. Yet she was put into a position for nine months where she was punished, abused, starved, and dehydrated every day. “But Mitchell’s face filled my mind like a monster in a dream. I heard his voice. It was the devil,” (275).

I haven’t even seen her yet and I’m terrified. I have never been this scared of someone I haven’t even seen. It due to all the stories I had heard about her going around in my head. Its all about how much of a demon she is. She’s the devil of our prison.

Stephen Jay Gould in his article "The Evolution Of Life On Earth" aims to clarify the misconception of natural selection as the sole reason for evolution. Yet, he emphasizes on the presence of other causes and the complex unforeseeable nature of the universe that can not be explained in one theory. Even though the article is concerned with a deep scientific subject and factual information, we see the usage of description in every sentence. Description has an intrinsic role in this article where the uniqueness and the beauty of the language relies on the strong descriptive construction. It employs the power of the language and the readers senses to bring life to the subject. It also simplifies it by liking the described setting or object to something else that the readers are easily able to visualize and associate in their minds. In addition, using specific descriptive words make a statement more dynamic and effectual to the readers convincing them and inviting them to see the situation from the author perspective.( to help convince the reader and strengthen the argument of the author). It could exaggerate the details to effect the readers in a more emotional way and capture their attention. This won 't only engage the targeted audience, but it will allure other readers as well.

Her torturous childhood experience in the Sacred Heart Convent was one of her many struggles. In reference to the “Dark One,” who we assume is the devil, Marie says, “I only shrugged at the flowers of hell. He wanted me. More than anything

In the beginning of the novel when Lilith is in isolation she displays typical human behavior, fearfully making demands and refusing to cooperate. She feels as if “she has to risk bargaining” and try to gain something from the Oankali (Butler 6). While this probably would have worked from an anthropocentric point of view, assuming that her captors were also human, this did not work with the Oankali because they do not respond to temper tantrums or bargaining, only cooperation. However, the alienation brought forth an opportunity for Lilith to open her mind because sometimes when the opinions of others constantly surround an individual they do not attempt

“OUT! OUT! OUT!”, roared a soldier, hitting the desk beside him with a stick, “lazy, loathsome beasts like you ought to face some punishments.” Before Soon-Young could reply, the soldier violently grabbed Min-Young’s hair with his beastly hand. Kicking the other two girls, he slammed her against the wall. Soon-Young swore that she saw a devilish smile on his

The late Stephen Jay Gould, a noted paleontologist who once described himself as an “agnostic leaning towards atheism,” wrote the classic treatise Evolution as Fact and Theory for Discover magazine back in 1981. His distinguished career and scientific achievements did earn him respect amongst his peers, but to the general public he is best known for his popular science writings and, to smaller circles, as a champion of evolution. As his treatise was written for a non-academic, science themed magazine, a basic understanding of science, and specifically evolutionary mechanics, was assumed of his audience. The treatise itself is on the often overlapping distinction between “theory” and “fact”; two words, he asserts, that creationists

“What would I do, if I were Pat? How would I feel?” I kept asking myself while reading In Search of New Life chapter. I can only imagine how shocked, terrified and guilty she must have felt when Mohamed disappeared. Others were consumed with anger and embarrassment wondering whether they should support Mohamed’s decision to stay in the U.S. illegally or report him. How did Mohamed feel? Some threads in the chapter indicate that he had been planning to escape – making such a serious decision must have caused incredible anxiety and fear, but the discomfort he felt when he thought about coming back to his country was probably even greater. He was strong and courageous to make such a decision – the life in Sierra Leone didn’t spoil him, he had

The topics I read about in the first couple of chapters was about the understandings of evolution and DNA. The author pointed out many times the reasons he created his book throughout chapter 1 but other then that it explains some characteristics in a gene which is selfishness and altruism. As the story progresses into chapter 2 the author begins to talk about primordial soup and where life began. The theory of primordial soup is when all of life began in the ocean or some sort of liquid form. I find this theory to be very fascinating as I have always wondered, like many others, how life came to be on earth and this theory demonstrates a very likely and understandable possibility. He starts to teach us of why sexual reproduction is preferable

These two statements are very important because they are the backbone of the whole book. These are the strongest parts that support the women she is. She is so hand in hand with God that she doesn’t even once criticize the reasons she’s in captive but as I have stated before, she blames herself for not praying enough. In the sixth remove she explains her circumstance, her being surrounded by her former enemies amidst no Christians at all but herself. She exclaims, “Oh the experience that I have had of the goodness of God, to me and mine!” Without any form of disbelief she praises the kindness of God. The beauty of her relationship with God is that she mentions no matter what kind of situation she is in whether it be near death or with luxuries. And she sees every good thing that happens to her as a sign of God. To sum it up, everything that has happened to her was pre-planned and the grace of God.

I am Lilith's friend, a taciturn but sometimes rash girl, and the outcast to the very heart I wish to capture. Unknowingly Lilith's actions will condemn me as an outcast in the eyes of many.

It is tough to get a clear look into the ways Meyers interprets textual evidence since her focus on women’s religion is often marginalized. Nonetheless, she does with what she has to make a full and convincing argument. Meyers identifies that feminist biblical study is masculinized, so she decides to uncover the role of women in the sanctuary through the Deuteronomic use of unisexual terms such as “you” and “person”. In doing so, she concludes that both women and men were to engage in communal events and offerings (Meyers 2002, 279-280).