An Existential Exploration of Themes in Tade Thomas' Rosewater

Abstract

This paper is an analysis of Tade Thomas' Rosewater. It pays attention to the existential themes in the novel. Written in the mode of science fiction, Rosewater addresses several themes through the lenses of Existentialism. These themes include: conflict between alien technology and humanity, existential being, loyalty, hierarchy and power, survival, and love. The methodology applied in this study is a qualitative/descriptive model. The findings reveal that Thomas' Rosewater is grounded in existential philosophy which projects the view that the purpose of existence is something the individual constructs and regards death as an inescapable fact of human existence. This paper concludes that the narrative is successful in the depiction of existential tenets.