Lauren refuses, convinced of the truth of Earthseed and the potential of a movement that would eventually take the human race to the stars. Bankole sees what is happening and wants to take Lauren and Larkin to a quiet town. Her half-brother Marcos, rescued from slavers, refuses to join Earthseed, drawn by Christian America and his desire to preach. They brought order, housed the homeless, and their leader, Jarrett, became president on a platform of restoring American greatness by cleansing the country of all “heathen” beliefs.
Meanwhile, Christian America, a church-based nationalist movement with political aspirations gained increasing sway in a country that wasn’t working. Amid this, the child they hoped for so long was born, who they named Larkin.
She began to think about how they could send people out to teach Earthseed elsewhere. Everyone worked and contributed, children were taught, and products of quality were sold in neighboring towns. Acorn was the place where Lauren and her husband Bankole built a community of refugees on his land and formulated the teachings of Earthseed, gradually drawing convinced adherents. The chapters of the book begin with an Earthseed verse, then a section in bold print by daughter Asha Vere (born Larkin) followed by journal entries of Lauren that tell the story of the growth and heart-breaking destruction of Acorn, and what followed. This work continues that story through the narration of Lauren’s daughter, who eventually, with the help of her uncle found her mother’s religious writings and journals, after being abducted as an infant by the extremist wing of a Christian nationalist group. In Parable of the Sower ( review) Octavia Butler creates a leader, Lauren Olamina, of a new religious movement in a dystopian America, and describes how she gathers a band of refugees into Acorn, a community formed around the principles of Earthseed. Summary: The growth and heartbreaking destruction of Acorn, the Earthseed community founded by Lauren Olamina, and how Earthseed rose from the ashes. New York: Open Road Media, 2012 (first published in 1998). Parable of the Talents(Earthseed #2), Octavia E.
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