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 Parable of the Sower takes human actions and traits that we see in everyday life and it takes them to a whole different level. It definitely makes humans reflect on the type of affect our actions will have. Also, Octavia E. Butler makes Lauren's life comparable to ours in certain ways. Like, for example, gated communities. I grew up in a gated community. The community was gated because years ago (before I had moved there) the area was more dangerous than it is now. We had a large number of illegal immigrants around and there were also one of the two major gangs of the town lived right up the street. Things are different now though. Life around my old community is nowhere as dangerous as it was 12 years ago. But, back to my point. The whole gated community idea made the book more relatable to myself and my life. Or, also like what I mentioned earlier, we can make connections between our lives and Lauren's life by relating human traits, politics, economy, and other problems that are brought up. So, say poverty for example. I'm sure everyone in the class has seen some type of poverty. Well, Butler takes the poverty of today and transforms it and takes it to a whole other level in Parable. But still, the idea of poverty is relatable enough so that we can actually imagine the possibility of it evolving into the level it is in the book.