Dawn Chapter 2

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Setting

 

  1. The Oankali Ship:  a vast ship acting as a satellite in Orbit around the Earth. Aboard this ship are the surviving humans and the Oankali
  2. Earth: The planet in the aftermath of a nuclear war 

 

Characters

 

  1. Lilith
    1. Has been asleep for 250 years. The Oankali have the ability to put her to sleep. In such a way that the boy she was it, is now older as time have passed since she last saw him
  2. Humans: Humans aboard the ship were used by Oankali to learn biology, language , and culture. Oankali awakens them and lets them live on different parts of the ship.
  3. Oankali: A man-like alien with various head tentacles without any eyes, instead seeing wherever they have tentacles
  4. Kahguyaht aj Dinso (Jdahya) : A Oankali who observes Lilith

 

Plot

 

  1. Humanity in its attempt to destroy itself had made the world unlivable. Lilith survived and is now aboard the ship. She is being Observed and vetted by Jdahya, an Oankali 
    1. Jdahya is preparing to take her outside for “Education and Work”
  2. In inquiring about the price of this help, Lilith learns from Jdahya that humans have something that the Oankali Value