Parable of the Sower Blog

I think that the ecological disaster that sparked the Parable dystopian world is much more likely than the previous two books. Especially in America because there is a fear of the government being too powerful that a lot of people have. We have an entire political party that has a focus on lessening government control so I don’t think we are likely to end up in a dystopian world with a strict, overly powerful government and no freedoms. Whereas an ecological crisis and economic crisis that occurs because people aren't prepared is much more likely. We have known about the consequences of climate change for a very long time and we have been watching natural disasters get worse and worse. Last year had the most recorded hurricanes ever and there were huge fires across the world. I don’t think that there is likely to be one big event that leads to the downfall of civilization but  a lot of little things that get ignored but continue to build on top of one another could. If climate chan...

 BNW and 1984 both have oppressive governments that control everything or try to control everything the citizens do. Parable seems to have the opposite issue. There is no order to life. Whatever power people have they misuse which is true in the other books as well but in this book it’s on a slightly smaller scale. The most similar power structure to 1984 and BNW that I can see is towns like Olivar that create a very strict hierarchical society. It’s interesting how different this book is. They’re basically opposites, the other two are strict built up societies whereas Parable everything is crumbling and yet they all fit under the same genre of book. Do you think the differences between these books means that they fit in different genres or maybe that the genre of dystopian is too broad?

I have no idea how the book is going to end. I have a feeling it’s not going to be a very satisfying ending, I think we will be left with a lot of questions as to what is going to happen with the characters after the end of the book. I don’t think the book will end with them finding a better life in the north, though they may make it to the north, I’m just not convinced farther up north is actually going to be any better. I think it is more likely to end with Lauren having built a solid religion/community around her religion than them finding a new home. Although it is possible that both could be accomplished, I just think that would be a weirdly happy ending for such a dark book. What do you think? Will there be a happy ending of sorts or not at all? Could the story end with them all dying?