Your assignment is to write a Foundation Summary of The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
Process
While there are different strategies for approaching this work, you might consider the following steps:
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- Review the Foundation Summary Lecture Notes in the Unit 2 module.
- Read, re-read, and/or review margin notes (Write as Your Read critical reading strategy, btw) in The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
- Answer each of the Foundation Summary questions as completely and specifically as you can. Please number your responses. We will work on developing this Q&A format into a coherent paragraph in the coming weeks.
- Who is the story about?
- What is the story about?
- When does the story take place?
- Where does the story take place?
- Why does the story take place? (In other words, what meaning does the author hope the reader understands?)
- How does the story take place? (In other words, who is telling the story or from what point of view?)
- Convert your “Why” in your Foundation Summary into a critique by framing it in terms of a social, moral, or political issue