Earthseed = motto “God is change”.
Butler = born in Pasadena, CA; raised in strict Baptist household; one of few African American female sci-fi writers in 20th Century.
Video: Many seeds get destroyed, but few survived and hundreds grew
Different soil = analogy with difficulty of spreading ideas. Different grounds of which to grow on means different people receiving the new ideas.
Lauren = Jesus
Earthseed = Christianity
Lauren’s father = Job (loyal to God despite suffering)
Parable = story/easier to remember yet need active listeners to interpret the stories
Lauren’s ideas of religion vs Dad’s ideas of religion
- different state of mind by different generations
- old traditions from her father’s is not applicable to new generation
- Lauren = living in post destruction/change is only hope
- Father = reminiscent of the past bc born before destruction
Pg 25: Lauren – trial and error in developing Earthseed through written verses since 12 yrs old
Lauren – hyperempathy syndrome – feeling pain of others – gain through mother’s drug abuse
-tries to make adult leave the past – threatening to people bc people don’t want to purge the good stuff in mind.
-need to play with people to guide them, to convince them,
Society – large class division
- water cost too much
- privatize commercial services
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