Parable Of The Sower
Introduction
As the world s population continue to migrate and live in urban areas, planners, engineers, and
politicians have an important responsibilities to ensure that they are livable and sustainable. But
what defines an urban area, and what makes it so attractive? In my opinion, urban area are
places that consists of a variety of land uses and buildings. Places where services and amenities
are easily accessible to the general public, with an efficient multimodal (i.e. rail, vehicles, bikes,
public transit, walking and etc.) established transportation network. As well, it should be a place
where people can play, learn, work, and grow in a healthy, safe, and collaborative manner. Based on
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In the novel, as the government fails to look after their towns, many corporations, such as KSF,
brought out many towns, such as Olivar. At first, corporate owned towns seemed ideal since
they offer jobs and protection, thus citizens in Robledo were quickly applying for spots.
Ultimately, Lauren s friend, Joanne, and her family got accepted to Olivar and she even said I
have to go. What else is there for me for anyone. It s all going to hell here. You know it is. (Butler
150). However despite Joanne s belief, Lauren, her father and Joanne s boyfriend were all
skeptical about Olivar since they contemplated that it is a trap and at ... the end is debt and loss of
freedom. (Butler 152). It was not until the end of the novel, when we met corporate town escapees,
Emery, that the readers finally learns about the truth about corporate owned towns. It was stated
by Emery that wages were paid, but in company scrip, not in cash. Rent was charged for the
workers shacks. Workers had to pay for food, for clothing new or used for everything they needed,
and, of course they could only spend their company notes at the company store. (Butler 330). As
well, to make matter worst, they don t have any rights or freedom, as stated by Emery
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