Cyborgs
Cyborgs are hybrids of people, animals, and mechanisms. According to the author, they are one of possible steps in human evolution. Cyborgs prove to be more capable to cooperation than us.
The narrator
The narrator is Donna Haraway, whose open-minded ideas of the future of humanity are revealed in the essay. A scholar in the field of science and technology studies, she enlightens readers about the ways that might help us to unite through the affinity.
Feminists
Feminists play an important role in the essay. The author addresses them constantly, trying to convince them to cast aside gender prejudices, for these are the remains of the old world that is about to collapse. The future will be a place freed of genders, stereotypes, and traditionalism.