Parable Of The Sower By Octavia Butler

Prisoner b-3087 has transformed me in some inexplicable ways. It made me appreciate everything from a house to a toothbrush. The book made me feel that I should not complain about loading the dishwasher once every day. I learned that Jews in world war 2 were woken up by being hit with clubs at six in the morning, limited to 300 calories a day, and worked to death. I would prescribe this book to someone who likes nonfiction or historical fiction and who can handle twinge and sorrow and can envisage themselves in someone else's shoes.

In “The Parable of the Sower”, author Octavia Butler realistically describes the dystopia of the U.S that is currently ruled by poverty, crime, and chaos. Lauren, the main protagonist, evolves and goes on a physical and emotional journey to create her own beliefs and prepare for life behind the wall. Lauren lives in the community of Robledo that is guarded by a wall that is meant to protect them from crime although it often fails to do so. Being the daughter of a Baptist, Lauren is challenged to conform and participate in the religious passivity of the community. Not having enough water, food, and safety prevents and angers Lauren to try to address her problematic reality immediately. Through the eyes and actions of Lauren it is clear she

In Butler's “Parable of the Sower”, Lauren Olamina drives a cloth label gathering of vagrants, vagrants without expectation, through post-prophetically catastrophic America into the cheerful future exemplified in her religious group, Earthseed.

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