Parable of the Sower + John Green's Crash Course Literature

We have had a busy June! Thank you to everyone who joined us this week for our live Q&A with Dr. Pergadia and the following online Zoom book discussion. I hope you are eager to find out what happens to Lauren Olamina and her quest to establish Earthseed as we continue with Parable of the Talents in July.

For a little levity, I'd like to share a video that our Head of Youth Services, Erin Hood, brought to my attention. Popular Young Adult author John Green (whose works include The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska) also has built quite the Youtube presence from his Vlogbrothers series with his brother Hank. He also created a CrashCourse video on Parable of the Sower! Be forewarned, the video provides a brief summary of the book so there are a few spoilers--if you are still wrapping up this month's reading, you may want to wait until you've finished it before viewing.

While there are some curious animation choices (I suspect the animators haven't read the books...), Green does bring up some topics that we can continue to look at as we continue our reading into July, particularly how religion is used throughout the novels and the idea of dystopia vs. utopia. What are your thoughts and questions about how Green discusses Parable of the Sower? What are your questions or predictions for how the plot and characters might develop in Parable of the Talents?