The author, Octavia Butler, said that she was writing “the history of the future.” This is a complex concept because it appears to be a contradiction in terms. How could the future already be written? In Butler’s view, you could accurately predict the next 30 years if you followed the current patterns in our society. Of course she did not want things to turn out like they do in the story, but to avoid these things a radically new direction would have to be taken. In your theory, what do we have to do right now to avoid the scenario Butler has created?

Me ! it's e2020! review the line from karin slaughter's npr interview."and with each page, that's what i try to do- is say something different about the character, something different in the reactions when they find these horrible things that are happening, or they figure out a piece of the puzzle."how does this view contract with lee child's central idea in "a simple way to create suspense"? a • child feels that the characters are not important to the plot. slaughter feels characters are central. b • child feels that characters must be unattractive and uninteresting. slaughter feels they must have reactions. c • slaughter builds suspense through her characters. child builds suspense by delaying answers. d • slaughter builds suspense by writing puzzles. child builds suspense by telling anecdotes.

Which of the following events of the story actual occurs first in the sequence of events

What element of dante's inferno shows the reader that he wants to expose corruption in the church? a. by placing many church leaders among the sinners in hell b. by changing his own personality to create the dante character c. by allowing virgil, a well-respected poet, to be his guide d. by setting his story in hell and following the biblical description of hell2b2t