To make changes with my bibliography, I had to remove the article “ Katopodis, C. (2023). Teaching for a Habitable Future with Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower: We’ll Have to Seed Ourselves Farther and Farther from This Dying Place. English Language Notes, 61(1), 77–94.” Since it is more for teachers. While thoroughly doing my research I found that there is a lot of reading regarding Octavia Butler’s Power of the Sower, but very limited articles about religion and how to tie it with integration and Survival. I struggled to find a more englishy term for this specific question.  

Bibliography :

( Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower: The New York Times Bestseller. Hachette UK, 2014)

Grecca, G. B. (2021). ‘A racist challenge might force us apart’: divergence, reliance and empathy in Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler. Ilha Do Desterro, 74(1), 347–362. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2021.e73535

In this article I found out how racism plays a role in groups. Lauren embraces diversity and it made me realize that when it comes to survival , there is no color. It is all about surviving and who you make alliances with to best suit your safety and future. This reminds me of the hunger games where you are put in an arena to fight for your lives, but in this case it is you and your alliances against the apocalypse. I would like to expand on racism because Lauren was a figure that embodied women of color. 

Guerrero, P. B. (2021). Post-Apocalyptic Memory Sites: Damaged Space, Nostalgia, and Refuge in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. Science-Fiction Studies, 48(1), 29-. https://doi.org/10.5621/sciefictstud.48.1.0029

This article is one of the most important articles that could contribute to my final paper because it speaks about the concepts of shelter, dislocation, memory, home, and loss. There is a complex relationship with post- nostalgia and the sites of damages,personal memories, and sites of memory. If you think about it ,dystopian novels try to make it look like it’s the end of the world with little chance of surviving. Many of these places have been burned by the arsonists in the Novel. Many items lost hold sentimental value with every survivor who is trying to stay alive. Lauren and her group may think about this. 

Achachelooei, E. M., & Leon, C. E. (2021). The Past and “Discontinuity in Religion” in Octavia Butler’s Parables: A Feminist Theological Perspective. Journal of Language, Literature and Culture (Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association), 68(2), 120–137. https://doi.org/10.1080/20512856.2021.1935492

This article focuses on the post-biblical aspect of renovation involving religion, which in this case is “Earth Seed” . Her belief that God has changed is what pushed her to be a survivor. The post apocalyptic games made her who she is as a person. With this belief it brought unity, so it is safe to say that religion could push people to go harder and be a survivor with their own beliefs. This is what I would like to mention in my article.

Frazier, M. Chelsea, “Troubling Ecology: Wangechi Mutu, Octavia Butler, and Black Feminist Interventions in Environmentalism”, 2016, pp. 40-72 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/jcritethnstud.2.1.0040?casa_token=Z04lEBNWwmwAAAAA%3AW9OlW217AlS0zbSTtooyjlhdUOPajOPzJadn_5a1WgtT-6n_zglZmDPd7xMrV4IkS5JhJ6RMgqLH5GYCl4a8TVrQgkfvVoMRT8nA5zi69a6_orTdoo8&seq=18

• In this book, Frazier discusses how Lauren, Zahra, and Henry undergo significant changes in gender and racial identity. It goes into depth about how different they are from each other and their dynamic as a trio. It also discusses how Lauren does not fit into the usual gender norm, she makes a great leader as her focus is elsewhere than becoming someone’s mate and she is the most resourceful.

Monk, Patricia, “Frankenstein’s Daughters: The Problems of the Feminine Image in Science Fiction”, 1980, pp. 15-27

Frankenstein’s Daughters: The Problems of the Feminine Image in Science Fiction on JSTOR

PATRICIA MONK, Frankenstein’s Daughters: The Problems of the Feminine Image in Science Fiction, Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3/4, OTHER WORLDS: Fantasy and Science Fiction Since 1939 (SPRING/SUMMER 1980), pp. 15-27

• This article discusses how women in science fiction normally had zero roles in the genre. When women are included they are mainly the supporting character for the male protagonist. They don’t do much and are stereotypes. Most authors choose a male protagonist for the sci-fi stories.

Therí, A. Pickens, “Octavia Butler and the Aesthetics of the Novel”, 2015, pp. 167-180

Octavia Butler and the Aesthetics of the Novel on JSTOR

THERÍ A. PICKENS, Octavia Butler and the Aesthetics of the Novel, Hypatia, Vol. 30, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: New Conversations in Feminist Disability Studies (WINTER 2015), pp. 167-180

•  Pickens discusses how Lauren goes beyond gender and her abilities. It is stated that the novel shows Lauren with either characteristics of male or female. She can’t just take on the role of a woman who will struggle to survive; She has to protect others and adapt in this dystopian world.

Does Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler teach us to not see color?

Sources:

1. Grecca, G. B. (2021). ‘A racist challenge might force us apart’: divergence, reliance and empathy in Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler.     

https://www.scielo.br/j/ides/a/nkJhynXMphkzvy6c5xmSsKR/?lang=en

Gabriela Bruschini Grecce focuses on where Butler went wrong in her representation of minorities and race. Greccas main point is that Butler establishes the difference between offenders and the offended but not within the bond that the offended create with each other. Grecca summarizes and introduces her article to us by saying “ As I am to demonstrate, the experiences the characters go through create situations and reactions that are not always obvious to the reader who is accustomed to binaries like villains (bad)/victims (good)

  2. Blazan, S. (2022). “Something Beyond Pain”: Race, Gender, and Hyperempathy in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. Gender Forum, 82, 34–34

http://genderforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/04_Issue-82_Blazan_Race-Gender-and-Hyperempathy_Proof.pdf

Blazan brings up different examples of how racism, homophobia and misogyny are demonstrated  and how they could make people feel seen and secure within their communities but not with official forces or true systematic change. “Instead of naming those responsible for the miserable living conditions, the narrative is invested in constructing structures that expose the porosity of closed spaces, demonstrating that change can only be initiated within as there is no outside to state control”

3. Johnson, Ikea  (2020). “On Compassion and the Sublime Black Body: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower

https://philarchive.org/rec/JOHOCA-3

This pieces brings a more sympathetic way of how Parable of the Sower talks about the issues we face today specifically with Laurens hyper empathy. It gets evidence from the book and adds a much deeper meaning to it that I plan on using in my essay to give it more personality. “Butler’s novel also offers opportunities to evaluate the ways laws, policies, historical memory, and science are transcendent notions to consider regarding society in literature. The eyes are crucial to Butler’s work because it is the most useful organ through Lauren’s character in transmitting the sublime ideas. “Sound doesn’t trigger [Lauren’s] sharing. [She must] see another person in pain” (Butler 132). “

4. Prudence L. Carter (2016). You Can’t Fix What You Don’t Look At: Acknowledging Race in Addressing Racial Discipline Disparities

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0042085916660350

This is just an outside source that overall brings real-world info on how it is when race is and isn’t acknowledged. It brings studies and statistics to my paper.

5. Romano, R. C. (2021). The Dangers of “Race Mixing.” In Race Mixing (pp. 44–81). Harvard University Press.

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/huntercollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3300401&pq-origsite=primo

Here Romano is focusing on what it’s like to mix races in dating and the effects that it can bring to the table. This carries info starting from the 40s and issues that they faced, I plan on connecting this to Inspo Butler could have used for the novel.

(Sorry for not adding links last time!)

• Jon Kertzer (2018) Amitav Ghosh’s zubben: Confluence of languages in the Ibis trilogy, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 54:2, 187-199. 
• The purpose of this article is to express the fact that language is complex. Across languages there will never be an equivalence of expression. The argument made is that social reality will vary across cultures because there is no exact understanding across translation.    
• Kalaiarasan M., Sowmiyalaltha R. “Trans-cultural Communication in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide”, Vol. 19:7, July 2019, p. 323-328. 

• This article highlights Ghosh’s representation of culture through language. It touches upon the inevitability of dialogue exchange between civilizations and culture. This type of interaction can be seen in Ghosh’s novel with scenes between Piya and the natives. There is also an undertone of analysis regarding the changes of culture (including language) between generations.  

• Rollason Christopher. “In Our Translated World: Transcultural Communication In Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide”, The Atlantic Literary Review, vol. 6, No. 1-2. 

• This text discusses the distinction between translation and interpretation. It also discusses the process of translating oral language into written text and again by changing the language. In addition, there is mention of variables that contribute to the differences in education, language, and skills in connection to Ghosh’s characters.  

• Tasnim, Zakiyah. “Transformation of English language in Amitav Ghosh’s The hungry tide.” Advances in Language and Literary Studies, vol. 9, no. 3, 2018, p. 145.

• This article discusses the validity of English literary works written by translingual writers. The focus is centered on the justification of the writing and how does Ghosh transform the English language.