Initial Thoughts on Parable of the Sower
Although we are only a few chapters into Parable of the Sower, I think there are already a few aspects of the book which distinguish it from the previous societies we have read in this class. For one, most of the societies in our previous books involve a huge apocalypse or a group of people seizing power and suddenly changing everything. However, Parable of the Sower feels different because there doesn't seem to be any kind of major turning point in their society, where things were good before and they are not anymore. There is no Big Brother or World State, just the typical presidential elections that take place regularly in our own world; but Lauren's life is still so different from ours. Like how Offred in The Handmaid's Tale can remember a time when things were different and she was happier, but she can also vividly remember when everything changed and she was forced into being a handmaid. While Lauren's father can also remember earlier times, he
