When I read 1984 I can't help but compare it to the multitude of other Dystopian novels I have read. Specifically ones like Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451. These novels share a lot fo key similarities, an oppressive government looking to suppress culture. Meaningless social structure, rampant violence and war. Bradbury's work is much more positive, as the ending is one of hope and looks towards a future where people can return to a civilized society. 1984 has a somber and disheartening ending, almost a warning to its readers.
Before reading the Parable of the Sower I have been lucky enough to have experience with Octavia Butler's other work, in particular the book Kindred. This novel discusses a woman who is pulled back into time in the Antebellum South at varying rates, and thus as a black woman becomes acutely aware of the horrors of slavery. It will be interesting for me to see the similarities between this book and that one.
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