World Building

This unit we started by reading the acclaimed dystopian novel Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. This book focuses sets in a world with a destroyed environment, society and government. It was written as a response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots so we explored the ways it still connects to our world.

Inspired by this novel, we started in our own world building journey. Given complete creative liberty, we got the space to be completely original in our stories. I grouped with Aya Iwata and Julie Park and created a story that speaks on current xenophobic and sexist aspects of our society.

6th sense is a sci-fi drama set in a post-WW3 era proves to be especially hard for Rose, a young Korean woman, with the ability to read minds. Despite the xenophobic and patriarchal world, she continues to work hard and improve her life. It shows the importance of continuing to work hard despite societal setbacks and not shying away from your talents.