In Octavia Butler's novel, Parable of the Sower, she creates a surreal world in which a community joins together to fend off harsh and frightening realities of the world outside the walls. A community, itself, should provide security, trust and honesty, and more importantly, happiness. "This is a small community, [they] all know each other here. [They] all depend on each other. [They're] not very social, [they] mind their own businessaE...