How High We Go In The Dark and Parable Of The Sower illustrate complicated sibling relationships that deal with differences, grief, and trust within their plot. Additionally, the intricate interconnection between these siblings with grief widens the sentiment between the characters' emotions.
Octavia Butler constructs sibling characters, Lauren and Keith, who are opposites and have a rocky relationship with each other. That being said, Keith and Lauren consider the loss of lives and perspectives of life significantly different from one another. On page 109, Lauren questions how Keith survived living outside, and Keith informs her that he killed a man and pocketed his money.``‘You shot him ?’ The nasty smile again”. (Butler 109). Lauren's reaction is staggered “I didn’t say anything. I just froze, stared at him in disgust and renewed dislike.”(Butler 109).
This links to the siblings Bryan and Denis that Sequoia Nagamatsu showcases throughout their literature. Additionally, Bryan is represented by his brother as “My golden-boy science science-fair brother” (Nagamatsu 103). As Denis can be described by his brother, “I even wanted my dipshit brother, Dennis.” (Nagamatsu 178). Both Butler and Nagamatsu designed these sibling relationships similar to
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That being said, When Lauren faces Keith’s death, she has a difficult time feeling emotion. “He said I should cry. He said no matter how bad things had gotten between Keith and me or Keith and the family, I should let myself cry.” (Butler 114). On the other hand, when Denis and Bryan’s mother dies. Denis acquires a wake-up call and commences to love himself and his brother again, obtaining a flashback of him and his brother when they were younger. “Thinking about my brother and me creeping through the forest with flashlights, waiting for our father to jump out at us in his ghillie suit.” (Nagamatsu