We live. We search. We constantly strive to become something more, something new, or simply just something better than what we may be at the time. It’s human nature to wish for change, let alone to justly understand that change is an inevitable thing that comes to all human beings, much like death. The character… Continue reading The Innate Scientist in All of Us
Tag: Parable of the Sower
Pyromania
Lauren has a fascination with fire as do many of the other people living in Parable of the Sower. Beginning with her dream in the very beginning of the book and continuing through several manifestations, fire plays and ever increasing role in her thoughts and life. Humans have always had a primal fear and fascination… Continue reading Pyromania
The Consequences of Truth
The first chapter of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower is short yet fraught with emotion and conflicting ideas. It begans by suggesting that the main character is to be married or used in some other ritual the day after her birthday, then immediately tells us the ritual is a lie. Her recurring dream of… Continue reading The Consequences of Truth