Greetings, my name is Everth Sotelo, and I am a freshman at Cal State Los Angeles. I am currently taking English 101 with Professor Jennifer Hicks. Ever since the first day of class until now, being in this class has been totally educational, its the only class I like and the only I can learn; apart from my screenwriting class.
Being in this class has made me think more broadly about topics I found hard to deal with. We have been writing and analyzing aspects such as nature, water, pollution, food, social class and gender which have all been topics that really make you THINK of what is happening in the world around you. Ever since the start of winter quarter we begun reading a book titled Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
Even though this book covers many aspects in life and even politics that I am greatly interested and also were helpful to the understanding of the book, I am not too found of this book due to the cronological way the book is writen. It is a good book that examines the fictional story of a girl named Lauren Olimania who lives in a community from the future that is set 50 years from now. She is raised Baptist but has her own believes called Earthseed. The story depicts how hard life is living i poor polluted conditions, beigh a colored woman, and also how the rich exploite the poor. She experiences events such as, death of family members, racism, and even envasion of her own home. This girl then becomes the leader of the few survivors of her community and begins to teach them all her philosophies. In a way this book reminded me a lot of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; all the small anectotes from events in a poor community and one female character narrating them. Parable of the Sower is a good book, but it is not interesting. Nvertheless it was a big help in the understaning of the material of the class and the fun essays we have writen in Professor Hicks fun class.
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