Pyro

The abundance of drugs in Parable of the Sower is a representation of the abuse and necessity to “feel” something in society. It warps peoples thinking that corporations have caused this spread od destruction via drugs rather than abuse of power. At the same time these corporations have the power to “help” people and in turn can pay them an extremely small salary whilst providing enough structure where staying in this cycle is better than past situations.

Pyro is the drug that claims to make “watching fire better than sex”. The addicts of the drugs are called “crazies” or “paints” because they paint their skin an assortment of colors before setting houses or even people on fire. I think this drug represents the imbalance of society the “paints” are an informality attacking the rich and the poor and causing the chaos in society. The poor are mad at the rich for in no way helping the social, political, economic, or environmental situation. They are upset with the “paints” for abusing this drug to set fires for simple pleasure or arousal. At the same time the poor understand that they are getting on the best they can, and this is their only reason to live. In the end some feel remorse, but nobody wants the “paints” to be setting fires unless its possibly targeting large corporations.