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The Parable of Sower is a really impressive novel. Many of our students find it depressing in many ways. The one thing surprised me is the date of this creation. The story is set at 2024 which is almost thirty years from the day of publication of the book. The description of the catastrophe is vivid and threatening. The date of the publication was almost 20 years ago. However, the topic of climate change and the discussion of possible destruction are still on the table of all the environmental conferences. Several movies recently also expressed the same kind og imaginations. Does that mean the concerns for the future are still around and human basically did nothing in the past two decades? The ultimately scene in the book probably won’t be the situation as it is described in the book, but who can guaranteed we can see the same thing after another two decades. I also found the discussion of the creation of religion. I personally agreed that the religions are created for people’s needs. One of my friends asked me once, if god in each religion is really, why they all look like the people believe them. I can’t answer this question. However, I do believe that there are certain kinds of power over our controls. The most interesting discussion is about the human nature. I personally believe people are born with purity and every baby is an angel. Sometimes, some people are just unlucky to encounter some bad situations and have to change to adapt to the environment. I think people always show great characters such as willing to sacrifice when I saw the news about two major earthquakes happened past three years. In the end , I also find the book suspicious in some way, because the narrative tones keep changing from 1^st person (diary) or just 3rd person’s. There are also some contradictions in the plots and the feelings of characters.