Parable of the Sower

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25

Themes

All Themes Religion, Hope, and Change Inclusion vs. Exclusion Creation, Destruction, and Rebirth Truth vs. Denial Writing, Books, and Scripture

Characters

All Characters Lauren Olamina Lauren’s Father (Reverend Olamina) Corazon (Cory) Olamina Taylor Franklin Bankole Zahra Moss Keith Olamina Joanne Garfield Travis Charles Douglas Gloria Natividad Douglas President Christopher Donner Harry Balter Allison (Allie) Gilchrist Mrs. Sims Tracy Dunn Wardell Parrish Curtis Talcott Richard Moss Emery Tanaka Solis Alexandra Casey Alicia Leal

Symbols

All Symbols Acorns Fire Heaven

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Ethos Flashbacks Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Pathos Setting Similes Style Tone Unreliable Narrator

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Parable of the Sower

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Octavia E. Butler

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25

All Themes
Religion, Hope, and Change
Inclusion vs. Exclusion
Creation, Destruction, and Rebirth
Truth vs. Denial
Writing, Books, and Scripture

All Characters
Lauren Olamina
Lauren’s Father (Reverend Olamina)
Corazon (Cory) Olamina
Taylor Franklin Bankole
Zahra Moss
Keith Olamina
Joanne Garfield
Travis Charles Douglas
Gloria Natividad Douglas
President Christopher Donner
Harry Balter
Allison (Allie) Gilchrist
Mrs. Sims
Tracy Dunn
Wardell Parrish
Curtis Talcott
Richard Moss
Emery Tanaka Solis
Alexandra Casey
Alicia Leal

All Symbols
Acorns
Fire
Heaven

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Ethos
Flashbacks
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Pathos
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator

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