Parable Of The Sower By Octavia Butler

In the book Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, Lauren’s views on the world change throughout the book. When she goes from a safer life than others to living on the streets with no knowledge of what to do, she must reevaluate her beliefs. In the beginning of the book, she is very morally right, but towards the end she does what she must do to survive. As she lived more on the street, her views became more flexible, and she gained a deeper understanding of life on the street.

Her views are also heavily influenced by outside forces that she grew up with. At first, her views on the world come from her father and the way that he raised his family. She takes form his views as a Baptist minister that you should not kill, that you should always

In Chapter 6 she talks to her best friend, Joanne, about leaving and moving North. She had thought about leaving before but this was the first time she had ever told someone about it. Her friend, who was sheltered most of her life and who never got to form her own opinions told her mom, who told Laurens dad. When her dad found out he was furious. Laurens father is the type of person who thinks he knows what is best for everybody so hearing about this made him mad. He talked with Lauren, and she shared her ideas, he said some were good but others not so much. At this point she has had more access to materials explaining what is going on in the outside world, so she starts to realize that life inside her community is fragile and could break at any minute. She learns that harmful drugs are coming back, that there is increased crime nearby and that other communities like hers have been hurt. She tries to tell other people about this and tries to teach them survival skills, but a lot of them are in denial. Lauren starts to learn that not everyone has the same views as her or wants to have the same views. She must learn to deal with the fact that she cannot force the truth on everyone and that some people would rather be in denial than upfront about the facts. With her changing views comes having to learn how to deal with

Lauren must learn not to trust people who try to get close to them, unlike how in the community, everyone had a level of mutual trust. She also encounters challenges and obstacles she has no preparation for, and learns that on the road, nothing is off limits. For example, in Chapter 16, it states “I let them go. I think it would have been better to shoot them. I’m afraid of guys like that—guys looking for trouble, looking for victims. But it seems I can’t quite shoot someone just because I’m afraid of him. I killed a man on the night of the fire, and I haven’t thought much about it. But this was different. It was like what Harry said about stealing. I’ve heard, “Thou shalt not kill,” all my life, but when you have to, you kill.” In an encounter with two strange men, Lauren must come to the decision of whether to kill them. She knows that it is wrong, but she also knows that you must do it to survive. This is the first time we have seen Lauren openly question her views. All her life she has learned one thing, not to kill, but now she is realizing she may not be able to abide by that fully. Now that she is on the streets, she realizes her views may not be able to stay the