Allegories and Intervention

I found Andrew’s substantive on Children of God to be thought provoking and agree with him on multiple issues. For one, the God in the Sparrowverse does to appear to be a vengeful Old Testament figure. Emilio undoubtedly resembles a Job-like figure that is tested by God at every turn and has everything that he values, from his dignity to his family ripped from him. Although Emilio turns his back on God in some aspects, he never truly does in the sense of upholding his Christian values. Throughout both novel Emilio still continues to be a morally upright individual. The emancipation of the Runa appears to resemble the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The Jana'ata resemble the Egyptians in multiple regards. For one, the way they kill the Runa children is reminiscent of the slaughter of Jewish babies conducted by the Pharaohs, such as the one that led to Moses being put in the river. The Runa actually discuss drowning their babies in a river, perhaps just like jewish children were drowned in the Nile? The geniocracy, nobles, river trading, city l descriptions and harems also remind me of an ancient civilization. Supaari also seems to be a Moses like figure. Just as the Egyptian prince risks all to save an innocent person from death and lead enslaved people to freedom, Supaari endangers himself by saving his baby and then leading the Runa against the Jana'ata. Besides this, just like Moses Supaari is never allowed to eneter the “promised land.” The author, Ms. Russell, is a convert to Judaism, which plays an important role in her life. For this reason it would not be illogical to find Biblical symbolism in the novel.
There also appears to be a great deal of debate over whether or not Sophia’s rebellion is justified. In truth, it is difficult to weigh the emancipation of over ninety percent of a planet’s population to the near genocide of a species. Personally, I believe if the Runa have had ill will towards the Jana'ata before human contact than the rebellion is not necessarily as illegitimate as it appears to be. The Runa must have had feeling of ill will or else they would not have mustered forces so quickly or be so enthusiastic to challenge the status quo. It was also mentioned in the novel that the Runa did give Jana'ata nobles fair warning before attacking. However, Sophia should have tried to emphasize to her Runa army that mercy and the sparring of civilians was a priority. However, I am sure no words she could have uttered would have quelled thousands of years of anger at being repressed. One must also realize that the Runa were also the victims of eugenics and selective breeding, as well as undermined intellectually by limited diets. Besides this, as sentient being don’t the Runa have the right to self determination and civil rights? Sophia proposed an alternative to enslavement and maltreatment and the Runa took it as they found it more appealing to a culture of subjugation. Besides this, Sophia came from a life of prostitution and from a people who have been persecuted for millennia, how could we expect her not to take a stand?