Alexander, Jonathan. "Teaching Notes: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler." Radical Teacher.59 (2000): 40. Web.
Jonathan Alexander believes that the Butlers sci-fi dystopia, Parable of the Sower is a perfect novel to undergraduate students because not only provides them with a great opportunity to meditate critically on religion, communal structures, and family values that might impact the future evolution of Western society, but also because it provides them with a provocative vision of the world that challenges current belief systems. In his article Alexander poses two a critical questions first, what forces have resulted in such a chaotic and hopeless world? And, second, how can the seeds of hope for positive change be sown and nurtured?
Jonathan Alexander believes that the Butlers sci-fi dystopia, Parable of the Sower is a perfect novel to undergraduate students because not only provides them with a great opportunity to meditate critically on religion, communal structures, and family values that might impact the future evolution of Western society, but also because it provides them with a provocative vision of the world that challenges current belief systems. In his article Alexander poses two a critical questions first, what forces have resulted in such a chaotic and hopeless world? And, second, how can the seeds of hope for positive change be sown and nurtured?