Write a review paper on the book of the parable of the sower.
Is Earth seed a Religion? Find moments of debate between Lauren and others about Earth seed and weigh the arguments. If Earth seed is not interested in the supernatural, can it be called a religion?
Quotes
“The destiny of Earth seed is to take root among the stars.” “They have no power to improve their lives, but they have the power to make others… miserable.” “Taking care of other people can be a god cure for nightmares.”
“The universe is God seed. Only we are Earth seed.
“Trees are better than stone—life commemorating life.
“We are a harvest of survivors.
“Your teachers / Are all around you… Learn or die.
“When no influence is strong enough / To unify people / They divide.
Secondary source
While Lauren
believes that accommodating to change is the solution,
Parable reveals through Lauren’s journey that change has
a mind of its own and happens in ways never expected,
a process largely influenced by dominant ideologies.
As an Earth seed verse suggests, “God is neither good
nor evil, neither loving nor hating” (O. Butler 245). To
Lauren, God is change, and she herself says that God is
“not punishing or jealous, but infinitely malleable,” “show
me a more pervasive power than change,” “a power that
could not be defied by anyone or anything” (O. Butler
217, 219, 220). While Lauren’s attempt to accommodate
to change is successful, this survival mechanism changes
her in unexpected ways.
Main ideal
Is earth seed an religion ?
