Voice And Power In Octavia Butler's Parable Of The Sower

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Stories Expressed Through the Authors Voice and Power In Octavia Butler book Parable of the Sower, she leads us through many amazing stories and adventures that Lauren goes through. Along the way she introduces us to Laurens ideas and mindset and her willingness to spread what she believes. Although Octavia’s book is fiction, she still expresses her deepest ideas in a unique way. While reading her book I felt like I was able to connect not only to Lauren but connect more with the author. In the text, she doesn’t say exactly what she thinks but provides us with many stories to fuel our imagination. The stories in the text are actually a way the author expresses her voice and power. A way the author expresses her voice is …show more content…

She explains that prayer should be done with good intention and in a way that brings people comfort and ease of mind. She says, “Earthseed deals with ongoing reality, not with supernatural authority figures. Worship is no good without action. With action, it’s only useful if it steadies you focuses your efforts, eases your mind” (219). This kind of attitude and voice that the author brings to the story is very empowering and is a reliable philosophy to live upon. She stresses the importance of prayer because she does believe in a higher …show more content…

In this quote the author not only expresses her thoughts on God but gives readers a chance to relate to her idea of God. Although she doesn’t say her religion is Christianity, but she may be expressing versions from the bible in her own way. It has been known that “Octavia Butler's participation in this biblical re -writing has a sound base in her childhood experience with religion. As a child she intimately knowledgeable about the Bible and Christian religious life: her grandfather was a Baptist minister” (Ruffin 89). She grew up with a strict religious background however, she has chosen to explore religion and write about her own intellectual reasoning. In the novel, she urges readers to yield to God and accept that we can shape God with our

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