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Originally Posted by Nyssa
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This ties in with a similar point made in the book I'm currently reading, Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler.
In it she, through her main character Dana, makes a very poignant statement:
“I closed my eyes and saw the children playing their game again. 'The ease seemed so frightening.' I said. 'Now I see why.'
'What?'
'The ease. Us, the children ... I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.” |
Great quote. I've never read anything by Butler but her books are always recommended to me.