Parable of the Sower

In Parable of the Sower, Lauren’s father warns her against talking to other people about what she sees happening in the world, as he says, they would be overwhelmed by having to “look down…Into the abyss” (p. 66).

From your reading of the novel and the brief you wrote about it, what, to you, is the single question or issue you would like the class to discuss?