This is an argumentative essay about Parable of the Sower.
Make an argument in essay form that answers the question- how does Lauren’s mental disability (hyper empathy syndrome) give her the emotional strength to navigate through a cruel and complex world?
Support your argument with close reading, and using the 4 sources cited below-
“A Discussion of Monsters.” Demonstra: Poems, by Bryan Thao Worra and Vongduane Manivong, Innsmouth Free Press, 2013.
“Making Of.” Soft Science, by Franny Choi, Alice James Books, 2019.
Hinton, Anna. “Making do with what You Don’t have: Disabled Black Motherhood in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents.” Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, vol. 12, no. 4, 2018, pp. 441-457,507. ProQuest,
Melzer, Patricia. “”all that You Touch You Change”: Utopian Desire and the Concept of Change in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents.”Femspec, vol. 3, no. 2, 2002, pp. 31. ProQuest
Please write an MLA Works Cited page in addition to formatting the essay according to MLA standards with a proper heading, page numbers, and a unique title. Additionally, your in-text citations of the text should be in MLA format as well.