Participate in the Parable of the Sower and “Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment” Discussion

After you have reviewed the Defining Dystopia: Arrant Utopianism Lecture Notes, please write at least a 300-word initial response to the following prompt regarding your reading in The Parable of the Sower and “Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment” and post it by Wednesday. Make specific reference to the texts, your own experience, and other readings to support your response. This prompt is a starting point for our discussion of these texts. Once you have made your initial response, you may take the discussion in other directions.

• • Compose a Foundation Summary of The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler and “Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment” by M. Rickert. Convert your “why” for each into a critique by framing it in terms of a social, moral, or political issue. Revise your critiques into a single critique that makes a statement about a shared meaning in both works. Use your Foundation Summaries to establish context for your critique in your introductory paragraph. Use the presence of arrant utopianism in each work to justify your critique in the body of your response. Your response should be multi-paragraph. Please underline your critique.
    

After you have posted your initial response to the prompt, please respond to at least three of your peers’ posts by Sunday.

Process

1. Read “Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment” by M. Rickert.
2. Read pages 1 – 180 in The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
3. Compose a Foundation Summary for each work.
4. Convert your “why” into a critique for each work.
5. Revise your critiques into a single critique that makes a statement about a shared meaning in both works.