Virtual reality headsets known as "Dreamasks" are also popular since they enable wearers to escape their harsh reality.ĭuring the course of the novel, Acorn is attacked and taken over by Christian American "Crusaders" and turned into a re-education camp. Slavery has resurfaced with advanced "shock collars" being used to control slaves. Seeking to restore American power and prestige, and using the slogan " Make America Great Again", Jarret embarks on a crusade to cleanse America of non-Christian faiths. The novel is set against the backdrop of a dystopian United States that has come under the grip of a Christian fundamentalist denomination called "Christian America" led by President Andrew Steele Jarret. Five years after the events of the previous novel Parable of the Sower, Lauren has founded a new community called Acorn centered around her religion, Earthseed, which is predicated on the belief that humanity's destiny is to travel beyond Earth and live on other planets in order for humanity to reach adulthood. The novel consists of journal entries by Lauren and Bankole and passages by Asha Vere. Parable of the Talents is told from the points of view of Lauren Oya Olamina, her daughter Larkin Olamina/Asha Vere, and Lauren’s husband Taylor Franklin Bankole. It is the second in a series of two, a sequel to Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is a science fiction novel by the American writer Octavia E.
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