ENGL 2407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Paul Di Filippo, Joanna Russ
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Series of events that he knows are negative, but knows also that they will eventually get him where he wants to go. Starts out wanting to discover lost race, ends up destroying it. Is an anthropologist, supposed to be non-ethnocentric: ends up pushing his beliefs on others. Holocaust is recent memory, sleeping room causes strong reactions. Idea that you can"t change destiny: his regret is not stopping the girl from going, but not letting them go on their own terms. What religions are on paper and how people follow them are different: everyone has their own version of religion. We assume people of other religions are the most extreme version, while we are not. At first when reading, you feel bad for her because she loves mr. michael. However, as you read you learn the extent of her love for him. Little worker is only 10% human, but that small part overrides the rest of her.
