Climate Change In Butler's The Parable Of The Sower

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Climate change is an environmental factor that you cannot miss in the Parable of the Sower. Climate change has rendered future California into a desert wasteland. I’m going to show how the future will not be as bright with climate change making negative effects to it. Butler is trying to make a point that we should take care of the environment; otherwise, the environment will turn more hostile and unwelcoming to us as a result of our pollution. The Parable of the Sower is a cautionary tale which gives a vision of a dystopian future. The changed environment is just one example of this dystopia. There are two lessons from this, one is admitting that there and the other is adapting to it, by changing beliefs, what is eaten, and where they live. …show more content…

Lauren asks her friend Joanne “[d]id you ever read about the bubonic plague in Medieval Europe” (Butler, 56). The bubonic plague is a vision of a world that was ending, where millions of people succumbed to disease. Joanne replied that “[a] lot of the continent was depopulated,’ she said. ‘Some survivors thought the world was coming to an end” (Butler, 56). Lauren replied to her by saying, “Yes, once they realized it wasn’t they also realized there was a lot of vacant land available for the taking, and if they had a trade, they realized they could demand better pay for their work. A lot of things changed for the survivors” (Butler, 56). Lauren is able to put a positive spin on the Black Death and apply it to their own situation. The old world that their parents knew is coming to an end; the new world offers new opportunities, but they need to be ready to adapt to it. When asked by her father “Do you think the world is coming to an end?” Lauren answered, “No, I think your world is coming to an end” (Butler, 62). She adds that maybe her father is coming to end too, because he is not ready to adapt and accept the changes that have happened in the

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