Choose to respond to one of the following prompts for your first essay in this course. Your final paper should be 4-5 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, and should follow MLA formatting (including a Works Cited page, which does not count as one of the 4-5 pages).
Make sure to use at least three, scholarly outside sources from the library's databases to support your ideas.
1) Write a comparison/contrast paper that compares Lauren's religion of Earthseed to one or more major religions in the world. What does Earthseed have in common with these religions? How is it different? And, most importantly, what makes Earthseed significant as a religious movement? (Please note that this is an analytical paper--aim for secular objectivity.)
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2) Analyze the social and imaginative importance of dystopian novels. Why might this genre of novel be important? What are its major aims? How might a dystopian novel affect a reader or group of readers, if taken seriously? Please make sure to use lots of examples from the novel to support your ideas, and feel free to use additional examples from other dystopian novels, provided that your primary focus is Parable of the Sower. You may want to do research not only on dystopian novels and their value, but also on real life issues (science based) that parallel the novel.
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