![]() The question of consent seems to be relatively straightforward: because the humans are captive, they have no choice but to submit to the Oankali's decisions. ![]() Throughout Dawn, the humans aboard the Oankali ship are forced to submit to their captors' desires. Lilith's initial discomfort at realizing that her captors, who turn out to be an alien race called the Oankali, have performed surgery on her body without her consent speaks to an overarching theme of Dawn. ![]() Even her flesh could be cut and stitched without her consent or knowledge" (4-5). She knows that she has a surgical scar on her abdomen, though she has no idea what led to this procedure: "What had she lost or gained, and why? And what else might be done? She did not own herself any longer. She initially does not know who her captors are nor does she know what they have done to her while she slept. ![]() In Dawn, Lilith Awakens alone on an alien ship. ![]()
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