Freedom, coice and achieving self-realisation in the dystopian world of Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

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Freedom, coice and achieving self-realisation in the dystopian world of Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

This study examines how the American science fiction author Octavia Butler (1947-2006) reflects the issue of how Olamina, the protagonist of Parable of the Talents (1998), attempts to establish a new religion, Earthseed, while changing her dystopian world. Butler is a distinguished novelist who brin...

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Main Authors:	Rezaei, Zahra, Bahar, Ida Baizura, Abdullah Mohan, Zahraa
Format:	Article
Published:	Australian International Academic Centre 2022
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101571/

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