Part 1
Water
What is God in this book?
God is change
What is Laurens journal based on?
Earthseed
What theory of Sigmund Freud’s is enforced by Lauren throughout this section?
Freud believed that the unconscious continues to influence behaviour even though people are unaware of these underlying influences.
How does the higher class take advantage of the poor and oppressed?
Modern day slavery
What does Lauren need to choose between when someone else is in pain?
Her own feelings, or someone else's
Why is Lauren so determined to improve her writing?
Lauren wants to improve her writing in order to find greater meaning in her religion.
How are women portrayed in this society?
Weak
What is the mental illness that affects Lauren physically and mentally throughout the novel?
Hyper empathy.
When they get to the new land, what does the group find out?
Bankole's family is dead.