Third Reading/Lit. Circle Letter

Dear reading group members,

Well. What can I say? Hmm. This is the final letter I am writing on the Parable of Talents by Octavia E. Butler. It was a pretty darn good book. The ending is quite sad. What Olamina's brother, Marcus, had done to her is terrible. It added to the whole negative/pessimistic mood of the whole book. I was already sad and scared of the whole "ugly future" background going on. So to top it all off, they decide to throw in at the end that Olamina's daughter is not only stolen away from her, but the fact that her own brother ended up taking Asha (a.k.a Larkin) and making her a member of HIS family seems just plain wrong.

This book has shed some light upon me. I am a Christian (Roman Catholic to be exact), and this book did seem to throw some terrible things around about them ruining the world in an attempt to improve the country of America. But, there has been some Christian extremists in real life. They scare me a bit because there are some connections that I see among them and "Jarret's Crusaders." I forgot what American state it was in, but it I believe the people that did it were either Methodist or Baptist. They made up some crap and blamed the school for having homosexuals for the recent suicides that occurred. So, these Christians (I forgot what branch, so please do not get angry with me for naming the wrong one) ended up protesting in front the school. I thought that this was all stupid. God made us all, and Jesus taught us to turn the other cheek when violence occurs. Why must people go amongst themselves accusing each other for who is at fault. If we go on doing this, than we will eventually end up creating a "Pox" (short for apocalypse) similar to the one that Olamina had lived in.