Sea Of Inequality And Parable Of The Sower Character Analysis

Ava Koutek

Kysar

English 2203-50 The Novel Alternative Realities

20 April 2023

Kindness, Understanding, and Safety:

Conflict arises from characters in The Sea of Tranquility and Parable Of The Sower when dealing with ethical and safety challenges. Additionally, this compares to the challenges that the central character in the short story Blur deals with when attempting to be vulnerable for assistance.

To begin with, I consider the glasses in this narrative a symbol representing the relationship that she and her girlfriend possess. That is because in between the short story. Machado scatters past, miniature moments of the couple encountering difficulty in their relationship. "She was furious that I hadn’t come to find her." (Machado)

That is because once she loses her glasses in the bathroom. She assumes that the children might have taken them as a joke. So she goes to the mother of the children and questions them if her children moved her glasses. However, instead of the woman being courteous, she replies. “Her voice is flat. ‘They wouldn’t do that.’” (Machado) With the woman expressing this, the main character thinks to herself with doubt that she did something incorrectly. "I have gone about this all wrong. I was accused when I should have asked for help.”(Machado). Additionally, Carmen Maria Machado's inclusion of this main character, looking at herself down. Sets the tone at the beginning of how the main character believes and senses. Because of this, it corresponds to the point of the literature of when the first woman offering her generosity, tells her that she wishes her day gets better, and the main character responds with. “I think it will only get worse from here, to be honest”

This is because when the man in blue arrives at her and presents to help her through the tough time she’s dealing with. She has to recognize that her safety is now in his hands since she can't see much. With this being said, the main character doesn't precisely know how she's supposed to be feeling. "This feels like a dream, in that, I always go blind in dreams. I both know and don’t know what’s around me. I perceive it but can’t see it, precisely, sense it but could never describe it." However, the writer does incorporate some of the worries that she is feeling. Which propels us as readers, to plunge more into the reading, and wonder. Why is walking to their destination worrisome in this dystopian short story? “‘I don’t think we’re allowed to do this,’ I say. ‘I think the police will stop us.’” (Machado).

Furthermore, in this short story, the man in the blue and the main character resume their journey. The main character begins to open up and informs him how her love in her relationships is languishing. “There is no love behind that touch and it’s the worst thing.” (Machado) This being displayed, the stranger man in the blue comforts her and delivers empathy. “He rocks me. The cars whiz by like bees.”