Parable of the Sower Perfectly depicts a classic dystopia. The world in which Lauren lives is an imaginary futuristic world where fear and danger are abundant. Many of the aspects in the book are an intensified interpretation or parallel of reality. It is apparent that because of this paralleling, that Butler was trying to give the reader a blunt glimpse of both our present and how it will become our future. This is clear because of Butler’s use of the same issues that we people faced in America in the late 1990's until now like the use of designer drugs (pyro-drug/ ecstasy), decelerating literacy rates and lack of employment. Also, one of the most present issues in historical, modern and futuristic America is the demand for drinkable water which, like all of these problems, show the reader, how, if we don’t change our future will unfurl.