"Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler Question

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"Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler

.        What is your reaction to the text you just read?

     I think it is weird because the story shows not only the relationships between human and aliens but also human's pregnant for aliens. In the story, aliens use human as a way of making aliens’ babies. It makes me feel strange about this story because of the way that the aliens born their children. Also, Gan, the main character of "Bloodchild," does not deny this situation even though he sees the progress of giving birth.

2     What connections did you make with the story? Discuss the elements of the story with which you are able to connect.

 This concept reminds me “Alien” series films because aliens in the movie also use human as hosts for the aliens’ babies, and it kills human when the aliens are born. In the movie, the aliens attack people and put their eggs into human's body. Of course giving alien's birth does not end well in the movie. However, in "Bloodchild," Gan decides to give birth to alien babies even though he knows that he will have a lot of pains from pregnant.

3     What change would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you use? What changes would you make?

     I would change this story into the film because the film can effectively show the story through the images. If I change something for the story, I probably show images that are more about the conflict between human and alien to show Gan's emotion and his last decision in an effective way. 

Elements in Cyberpunk

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Elements in Cyberpunk

     Technology has been developed. People use the smartphone to use the internet and wear VR glasses to have a better experience with entertainment. Sometimes, we imagine what technology we will see in the future. Cyberpunk is one of the Sci-Fi genres that shows near future time. In Cyberpunk films and novels, it shows high technology with different culture.

The Near Future.

     In Cyberpunk, it is hard to find trees and animals. Most Cyberpunk genre shows the well-developed city, but it does not show forest and animals because of the environmental pollution. Also, some of the forests become restrict area because of the pollution and mysterious monsters. In the 'Monsters' movie directed by Gareth Edwards, parts of the United States and Mexico become restricted area after the huge pollution from the crash of the NASA space probe, and armies fight against giant monsters lives in the restricted area.

     Asian culture in Cyberpunk can be found easier than other genres. In Cyberpunk, Asian characters are significant because of the high technology development that East Asia countries have; Samsung and LG are examples of the East Asia company that has high technology. In 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson, Hiro, an Asian-African character in the novel, is a hacker who enters into Metaverse, a virtual reality world, teams up with the mafia to get onto the Raft, rescues people from Snow Crash. Also, in "Blade Runner" directed by Ridley Scott, it shows the Asian restaurant that the main character buys food from.

Paprika (2006)

     Cyberpunk shows beautiful high technology with the various change from the present such as culture and environmental differences. We don't know how the future looks like, but we can guess various near future from cyberpunk novels and films.