G5 - Parable of the Sower

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Parable of the Sower

Today

• Overview Parable of the Sower
• What have you read?
• Character list
• Themes/Symbols/Motifs

According the planner, you needed to have finished the book by now. Have you finished?

Yes, I have finished

No, I haven't finished but I'm doing okay

No, I haven't finished and I'm not far in the book

No, I haven't started at all

An overview..

Together we're going to figure out what the book is about

What's up with the
title?

The title..

• Parable of the Sower
• How a farmer spreads seeds - some grow, some die
• Farmer symbolizes Jesus in the Bible, here it symbolizes Lauren
• Spreading radical new religious ideas

Where and when does
the story take place?

Setting

• California
• Near future (book was published in 1993): 2024-2027
• Fictional town Robledo, surrounded by a wall
• Dangerous
• Pyro addicts

Name some characters and
explain their role in the book

What is "earthseed"?

Earthseed

• Belief system
• "God is change": religion is about action, because the nature of reality is change. Lauren talks about change, she's talking about spiritual and social evolution.
• The way to be a good Earthseed follower is to go out and make the world a better place, for the rest of your life. No rules. No dogmas. No insiders. No outsiders. Just positive change.

Mention some important
themes in the book

In pairs..

Discuss and answer the questions you have received

10 minutes

Speed date

5 minutes per round

Discuss your questions and the answers to the questions