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Travis Charles Douglas
Natividad is Travis’s wife and the mother of Dominic. She worked as a maid for the same employer as Travis and his mother, until the employer began sexually harassing her and they decided to escape. She and Travis join the growing Earthseed community and eventually settle with the community at Acorn.
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Gloria Natividad Douglas Character Timeline in Parable of the Sower
The timeline below shows where the character Gloria Natividad Douglas appears in Parable of the Sower. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 17
...comes to join Lauren, Harry, and Zahra. The man’s name is Travis, the woman is Natividad, and their son is called Dominic (or Domingo). They offer milk chocolate, a rare treat....
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...Lauren is forced to admit that she is in fact female. Lauren tells Travis and Natividad that they are “natural allies.” Although Travis insists that he can take care of his...
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Chapter 18
Travis continues, saying that after his mother died, he and Natividad worked for the same employer; however, this man soon began making sexual advances at Natividad....
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Chapter 20
...boy of about three; he cries loudly for his dead mother, which makes Lauren nervous. Natividad takes the boy and nurses him at one breast, with Dominic at the other.
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Chapter 24
...He assured her that it was over. Lauren urged him to give her gun to Natividad just in case, before passing out again.
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Chapter 25
Two days later, the group holds a funeral for Bankole’s dead family members. Natividad wraps the bones in a shawl she made years ago, a gesture that Bankole finds...
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