1984 largely creates a world in which things feel like they have gone too far to be fixed. Those who try to rebel against the status quo are ultimately unsuccessful. In this way 1984 seems to suggest, act now before its too late. While maybe the world we live in now is a few rungs off fully devolving into the fascist realm in 1984, it could progress to that if we are not careful.
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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