Parable of the Sower | Social Concerns
Parable of the Sower predicts the rise of an age of terrorism in America, a terrorism that engulfs the peaceful, traditionally secure middle-class public. It also threatens the rich. Parable of the Sower has its setting in Los Angeles and California in a near future in which civilization is disintegrating and culture is descending to savagery. It presents a massive biblical resonance, a theme of the discovery of self through ordeals of violence, and a destiny that produces a passionate love relationship. The forces set in motion in the historical past, especially America's,...
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