Odd John and monster theory

[entanglingbriars]

A reading of Odd John through the lens of monster theory would be really powerful, but it would also require me to close read Odd John so... not gonna happen. But the tl;dr of it is that that to H. sapiens, H. superior is a monster, but the reverse is also true; to H. superior, H. sapiens is a monster.

Comments

[feotakahari]

Say . . . Have you ever read I Am Legend?

[entanglingbriars]

No, but I know enough about it to know you could do a similar analysis of it. I have been meaning to read it, actually; thanks for the reminder.