I found that Ocatavia Butlers writing was a style I haven't really ever seen before. She comes off to me as extremely metaphorical. She likes to you use strange themes and scenarios to tell her stories, and I think that makes them more captivating.
The one story we read The Evening, the Morning, and the Night was my favorite. She used illness and conflict in life to share the story about the main characters struggle. The main character Lynn was plagued with an unfortunate disease called DGD, which ultimately ended the life of her two parents. This disease makes people violent and spin out of control. This disease seemed to outcast her in society, and she seemed to be very alone. She found happiness though when she found others with the same disease as her and they all lived under one roof. I think this story by Butler was very metaphorical because she used illness as the major theme of the story and what an individual has to go through while trying to blend in with society.
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