Currently for my research question im going with “How does Parable of the Sower teach youth it may be better to be pessimistic about difficult situations?” I am still a bit unsure if it fits all the criteria or if i will be able to 100% find sources on something so specific. I believe that it is arguable and can be long enough to have 15 pages as well as about the book and not just about pessimism. (hopefully)
In Butler and Ghosh’s novels, how does the crisis determine how people would actually react to it?
How does Butler’s use of passing as tool exhibit the performative nature of racial and gender identities?
The research topic that I have in mind is to further discuss socio-economic inequality from 1990’s until now. Has it gotten worst or better? This is all in regards to Parable of the Sower. This is a big theme to me in the novel that we see. How life was different in this apocalyptic scene for people that had none, had very little, and those that were considered rich. Within the novel we saw a variety of characters that came from each group. I want to know how does the topic of socio-economic inequality in the novel relate to the real world and how Butler was able to make that connection.
Is Lauren’s Hyperempathy a Power or a disability?
what kind of society would see it as a power and which would see it as a disability ?
