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Paul Titus
Sharad is a five-year-old boy who lives with Lilith for a brief period of time in her isolation room. Although Lilith and Sharad form a bond, the Oankali’s separation of Sharad from his parents shows that, while they know enough about humans to understand that socialization is important, they fail to understand the nuances of human relationships.
Sharad Quotes in Dawn
The Dawn quotes below are all either spoken by Sharad or refer to Sharad. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 2, Chapter 2
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“Before we found these plants,” Kahguyaht said, “they used to capture living animals and keep them alive for a long while, using their carbon dioxide and supplying them with oxygen while slowly digesting nonessential parts of their bodies: limbs, skin, sensory organs. The plants even passed some of their own substance through their prey to nourish the prey and keep it alive as long as possible. And the plants were enriched by the prey’s waste products. They gave a very, very long death.
Lilith swallowed. “Did the prey feel what was being done to it?”
“No. That would have hastened death. The prey … slept.”
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Book 2, Chapter 8
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“The hell with them.” He tried to unfasten her jacket.
“No!” she shouted, deliberately startling him. “Animals get treated like this. Put a stallion and a mare together until they mate, then send them back to their owners. What do they care? They’re just animals!”
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Sharad Quotes in Dawn
The Dawn quotes below are all either spoken by Sharad or refer to Sharad. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 2, Chapter 2
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“Before we found these plants,” Kahguyaht said, “they used to capture living animals and keep them alive for a long while, using their carbon dioxide and supplying them with oxygen while slowly digesting nonessential parts of their bodies: limbs, skin, sensory organs. The plants even passed some of their own substance through their prey to nourish the prey and keep it alive as long as possible. And the plants were enriched by the prey’s waste products. They gave a very, very long death.
Lilith swallowed. “Did the prey feel what was being done to it?”
“No. That would have hastened death. The prey … slept.”
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Book 2, Chapter 8
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“The hell with them.” He tried to unfasten her jacket.
“No!” she shouted, deliberately startling him. “Animals get treated like this. Put a stallion and a mare together until they mate, then send them back to their owners. What do they care? They’re just animals!”
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