What I Think "BloodChild" by Octavia E. Butler is Commenting About

In my opinion, I think that the story, "BloodChild" by Octavia E. Butler, is referring to people who are lesbian/gay and their acceptance in our society.The reason why I think so, is because of how "T'lics" and "terrans" can be related to the different people in society. The "T'lics" in our society, are the people who aren't lesbian or gay, people who are straight, and not to mention, straight people are much more common than people who are lesbian/gay (which in real life society, are the "terrans"). The story "BloodChild" gives me a feeling that terrans are weaker than T'lics and therefore have to follow or obey what they say, this can also be related to society. We grew up with the influence that girls liking boys and boys liking girls is a normal thing, but we've always excluded the fact that a boy or a girl can like their own gender, and when we were younger, most of us didn't really talk about that stuff, or if we did, we didn't really acknowledged it as something "normal" even though it really is okay to like someone that has the same gender as you. Now there are many different directions that a person could go with this story, but I decided to go in this direction because of the fact that the main character got impregnated by T'Gatoi, but not because he wanted to. And that itself could also be a representation of how people may say that they might like a person (that's not the same gender as they are), but only because of the fear of them not being accepted into society and because of the pressure that is put on to them. And so they decide to do what society tells them to do/what is normal. So, in conclusion, I think the message that the author is trying to get across, is about people in our society who could be gay or lesbian but never actually come out as gay, with the fear that they wouldn't be accepted into society.

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