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From the Ted Talk by Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey: Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
One of her most beloved nvleos, the "Parable of the seowr," follows this pattern. It tells the story of Lauren Oya Olamina as she makes her way through a near-future clfirnoaia, riuend by catprrooe greed, inequality, and environmental destruction. As she struggles with hyperempathy, or a condition in the novel that causes her to feel others’ pain, and less often, their pleasure. Lauren embarks on a qsuet with a group of refugees to find a place to thrive. There, they seek to live in accordance with Lauren’s found religion, Earthseed, which is based on the principle that humans must adapt to an ever-changing world.
Open Cloze
One of her most beloved ______, the "Parable of the _____," follows this pattern. It tells the story of Lauren Oya Olamina as she makes her way through a near-future __________, ______ by _________ greed, inequality, and environmental destruction. As she struggles with hyperempathy, or a condition in the novel that causes her to feel others’ pain, and less often, their pleasure. Lauren embarks on a _____ with a group of refugees to find a place to thrive. There, they seek to live in accordance with Lauren’s found religion, Earthseed, which is based on the principle that humans must adapt to an ever-changing world.
Solution
- corporate
- ruined
- quest
- california
- novels
- sower
Original Text
One of her most beloved novels, the "Parable of the Sower," follows this pattern. It tells the story of Lauren Oya Olamina as she makes her way through a near-future California, ruined by corporate greed, inequality, and environmental destruction. As she struggles with hyperempathy, or a condition in the novel that causes her to feel others’ pain, and less often, their pleasure. Lauren embarks on a quest with a group of refugees to find a place to thrive. There, they seek to live in accordance with Lauren’s found religion, Earthseed, which is based on the principle that humans must adapt to an ever-changing world.
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