Octavia Butler demonstrates in her novel, Parable of the Sower, that having a fire arm is essential to survival just as important a food, shelter, and a community. Because a gun can scare people off or a gun can physically hurt someone. When Lauren is fleeing from her home because the pyros are attacking Lauren is forced to protect herself (with a gun) and she shoots a pyro in the head. With the gun Lauren takes with her this provides mental and physical safety for Lauren and her group. She learns how to properly shoot a gun from her dad because her dad thought it was very essential to one have a gun and two know how to use the gun. Even though Lauren does not have the best guns available she makes due with what she has. Lauren also takes
…show more content…
Phillip with a slight look of sympathy changes and says “good”. Sometime later Phillip declares himself the leader of the Fullerton boys and all the men in it. When Johnny gets back on his feet him and a couple men from the Fullerton boys that left Phillip and they start their own gang called the Jackson street boys. About a year has passed and both gangs are getting bigger and bigger the way the gangs get money is they sell drugs. Johnny and Phillip recruit people to do it for them and they give the person who sold it a cut but that was Johnny and Phillip never get caught and they get money. Jeff and Adam were both left by their parents at a young age and they always relighted on each other to even get by and live. Jeff was tall and skinny and a little more skittish than Adam and Adam was like the older brother he was smaller but a lot more muscular. At this time Adam and Jeff are both 17 and are still in high school. When Jeff and Adam are talking about what they’re going to do after high school Adam wants to join this gang he’s been hearing about he doesn’t know what they do but he knows the people who are part of the gang and they make a lot of money. Jeff thinks “this is a bad idea” and Adam still thinks that it is a good way to make easy
Phillip with a slight look of sympathy changes and says “good”. Sometime later Phillip declares himself the leader of the Fullerton boys and all the men in it. When Johnny gets back on his feet him and a couple men from the Fullerton boys that left Phillip and they start their own gang called the Jackson street boys. About a year has passed and both gangs are getting bigger and bigger the way the gangs get money is they sell drugs. Johnny and Phillip recruit people to do it for them and they give the person who sold it a cut but that was Johnny and Phillip never get caught and they get money. Jeff and Adam were both left by their parents at a young age and they always relighted on each other to even get by and live. Jeff was tall and skinny and a little more skittish than Adam and Adam was like the older brother he was smaller but a lot more muscular. At this time Adam and Jeff are both 17 and are still in high school. When Jeff and Adam are talking about what they’re going to do after high school Adam wants to join this gang he’s been hearing about he doesn’t know what they do but he knows the people who are part of the gang and they make a lot of money. Jeff thinks “this is a bad idea” and Adam still thinks that it is a good way to make easy