Finding Myself Analysis

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Experiments in Creativity – Finding Yourself The novels Binti and To the Lighthouse depicts some real-world problems that students face every day. This includes finding yourself or “attempting to learn what kind of person one is and wants in life” (Dictionary.com). People are used to being disguised or act the way society tells them to but never themselves. In Okorafor’s novel, Binti goes on an expedition to Oomza Uni. “You are the pride of your people, child,” (Okorafor pg. 14). She was the first amongst her people to ever leave their planet. She had to go, be different and discover herself. It would either be for the best or worst. Nevertheless, only the expedition would help her figure that out. Just like few other science fiction novels, Binti had a special power. It came from her edan. “My edan was more interesting than any book, than any new astrolabe design I made in my father’s shop that these women would probably kill each other to buy.” (Okorafor, 2015 Excerpt) Binti’s edan was too old for anyone to figure out what it does. Similar to DC Comics Vixen, Binti’s edan protected her from the attack on the ship by the Meduse. In the comic, Vixen, Mari discovered an ancient mysterious Tantu totem that granted her the ability to take on the attributes of every animal on Earth (DC Comics). This relates to the novel because just like Binti was protected from the Meduse attack by the edan she found, Mari becomes powerful and is protected by the ancient mysterious totem. Thanks to the edan, Binti is …show more content…

“We Should All Be Feminists”. Ted.com. TEDxEuston, Nov. 2012 Excerpt from Binti © Nnedi Okorafor, 2015 "find-oneself." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 16 November 2017. (-- removed HTML --) . Read more at http://www.yourdictionary.com/find-oneself#Qk0d0Ov2lfPqJ19M.99 Nnedi, Okorafor. Binti. Tor.com. September 22, 2015. page 14 Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. Orlando: Harcourt Books, “The Window”, page 166,

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