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I noticed a lot of imagery used throughout the first three chapters when she was describing her dream as well as when she was describing the society around her

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I thought it was shocking when she was describing how they need to look dirty when outside of the wall. They even threw mud on themselves when still inside the wall so they didn't get beat up

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-Dystopian society
-change
-destruction
-empathy
-Religion

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Reactions - the new President cutting off the space program, deregulating the environmental protections, and removing minimum wage is going to make him a very unpopular man among the massive, already struggling poor population

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as in other dystopian novels, a lack of faith

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religion
empathy
poverty

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Dystopian Society
Religion

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" At least 3 years ago, my father's God stopped being my God."

In my opinion, in today's world parents like to "force" their religious beliefs onto their children

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Empathy - Lauren’s hyperempathy condition makes it extremely obvious that care for your fellow human is a theme in the novel

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Religion
Reactions:
I don't really care, if there are stars in the sky.
Kinda surprised with the burning of the building that had 7 homeless people

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Existentialism - The MC analyzes their autonomy in relation to the events happening around her.

Nihilism- The MC doesn't necessarily reject religion or God (at this point in the book) but contemplates their existence in a seemingly nihilist manner.

Afro-futurism-

Quotes:
"Secretaries of Astronautics donʼt have to know much about science. They have to know about politics."

"But we can rig the game in our own favor if we understand that God exists to be shaped, and will be shaped, with or without our forethought, with or without our intent."

"A few believe God is another word for nature. And nature turns out to mean just about anything they happen not to understand or feel in control of."

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Themes:
- Religion, the main character is questioning religion and what it is versus what it should be, in her opinion. She questions the idea of God, considering all the different ways people think
- Being brave enough to do what you believe in. the main character is having an internal struggle of following along with her father's religion or doing what she believes in. It could also be said that she wants to do more for the poverty stricken people.
Hypothesis
- I think this book will continue to have a focus on religion, and the main character will eventually develop her own religion.

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I notice a theme that has to deal with this uncertainty and questioning towards God and religion

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While reading this first part there is a lot of talk about how poor people are from the main character's POV  and how much pain she feels second hand while seeing all the poor and dead people on the street; my guess would be that she is thrown in a situation where she experiences it first hand instead. This is when she will truly understand their pain and suffering.

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Its interesting to me that the book is set in 12024 considering how drastically different the standard of living is. I think the author set the novel so soon as a sort of message that if we don't change things quickly, they'll come to haunt us quicker than we think.

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Themes: religion, dystopian society, environmental crisis, humanity, economic class gaps, morality.
Hypothesis: I believe that the main character of the story, Lauren, will become fed up with the society she lives in and will strive for change in her community.
Reaction: I was shocked at how grim the world was around Lauren and with the lack of empathy people grow to have in order to survive in this world.

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Questions: Does Octavia Butler believe our world is already blind for the future described in the book, or does she believe corrective action could still make a difference?

Themes: actions and their comments sequences

Reactions: this book reminds me a lot of Distopian Novels, such as Orwell’s 1984