Homework:

Don’t forget to carry text to our next class.

will discuss final 2 chapters on Thursday

Come to class with at least 1 thing to discuss. ( 1 excerpt and 1 example)

Examples: refer to things discussed in class, contemporary connections, silicone valley’s apocalypse preparation, hyper empathy, slavery

Recap from last class:

• Lauren’s hyper-empathy
  • Feels others pain as her own
  • mother was on drugs while pregnant with her
  • Bankole has read up on it ( revealed it to him) falls in love with him, opens up to him
  • zara speaks of experiences she has on the street with hyper-empathy
  • she 1st viewed it as a weakness (can’t keep up with the group) her ankles heel

• Role of journaling
  • Meditates more with book further into the story
  • writes to maintain awareness and record of event (travel log)
  • more religious ( a place to express what she believes in her heart in relation to earth earthseed)
  • seen as form of poetry
  • when she 1st starts to share her writing with others ( harry, Zara, couple with the baby) she cares the least preachy verses, slowly trying to pull people in.
  • people soon get into earth seed and want to learn more.
  • she teaches people to read and write with the journal.
  • journal serves as more than just religion

Circle Time / Class Discussion:

• Olivar and KSF: gated community
  • corporate take over
  • people have to work to stay in community

• Role and relations of people: in the community
  • In the community before how did people deal with things?
    • they were taught to shoot, had nigh watch, underground safe.
    • the people weren’t ignorant or unaware but wanted to maintain the status quo.
    • they were interested in preservation and opposed to change

• Analysis on Keith: Lauren’s brother
  • he was wanted by those on the outside so he can teach them to read and write.
  • Has major conflicts with laurels father
  • sneaks out of the community, robbing and killing people in the process
  • Lauren uses him to find out what the outside world is like, what to prepare for.

• Destiny of earthseed
  • To go to space
  • “to take root around the starts” ( page 222)

• New community members
  • Harry and Zara
  • travis, Nat., Dominic
  • allie and jill
  • justin
  • amaris and torrie
  • bankole