Let’s talk about the Sower

I went to pick up my book when it hit me that Lauren is the sower of Earthseed that the title references, and in a sense one could read this book as a religious text.

I went down a deep rabbit hole of thought and managested in my mind appeared the complicated idea of comparison to this book, (the life of Lauren), to something like the gospels of the New Testament, (which is the story of a Jesus through the eyes of his disciples).

It then became obvious that this book is actually structured as a religious text, each new chapter with verses and titles. I don’t quite know how to articulate the way this book makes me feel but it’s disturbing to me for maybe a reason I can’t put my finger on.

Yet it is pleasing to see a that group of people has found peace with one other in spite of the hell that surrounds the. The group is diverse in age, race, and backgroun, but they share the common religious beliefs of Earthseed, and follow its creator, the Sower of a Earthseed Lauren. I thought it was nice that despite the horrors nested in between the first and last page of the book, the final scene ends somewhat peacefully with the community of Acorn established and the group finely having a chance to rest.