Le Guin Essays (Examples)

18+ documents containing “le guin”.


Sort By:

Reset Filters

Literary Analysis of The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guins Left Hand of Darkness provides a fascinating examination into gender roles and binary concepts. The novel follows the story of Genly Ai, an envoy sent to the planet of Gethen to get them to them join the interstellar union. One of the most interesting elements of the book is that everyone on Gethen is genderless most of the time, only taking on either male or female characteristics for a brief period before returning to their original form. While these shapeshifters show one way in which our notions about gender are challenged, readers may also consider how certain oppressive systems of power operate in both male and female contexts throughout the novel. From this perspective, readers can analyze how language, culture and history play a role in creating ideas about gender and how these ideas change over time. Overall, Left….

Ursula K. Le Guin's piece titled "Where Do You Get You Ideas From" is often regarded by most as an important piece of literature to help the modern writer. Her in-depth and analytical look at the "truth" behind being a writer was an excellent concept to examine. And plays a key role in providing further insight into what it takes to spark creativity. She uses a myriad of unique writing skills that generate a strong response in the reader.
The other concept that she examines is the source of her stories. Guin's straight-forward, honest approach to writing her positions and thoughts on certain aspects of writing is not only helpful but inspiring and genuine. In this piece various information from female writers writing in a male perspective to typical patterns found in writing and how most writers/artists are egoists definitely offers a reader a plethora of advice along the way. Focusing….

Ursula K Le Guin's Choice
PAGES 5 WORDS 2342

The light shines through it, and the dark enters it. Borne, flung, tugged from anywhere to anywhere, for in the deep sea there is no compass but nearer and farther, higher and lower, the jellyfish bangs and sways; pulses move slight and quick within it, as the vast diurnal pulses beat in the moondriven sea. Hanging, swaying, pulsing, the most vulnerable and insubstantial creature, it has for its defense the violence and.power of the whole ocean, to which it has entrusted its being, its going, and its will.[...]What will the creature made all of seadrift do on the dry sand of daylight; what will the mind do, each morning, waking?"(Le Guin, 3)
Thus, there are some parts in which the narrator gives her point-of-view directly, like the one quoted above, but it is essentially the same as George's and Heather's. Although dreams and the unconscious do influence reality, this is….

Ursula Le Guin
In the story "The Ones ho alk Away from Omelas," author Ursula Le Guin has created a dystopia wherein the majority of the population lives in eternal states of joy and happiness. These people have to encounter no distress, no hard work, and no discouragement. Every part of the person's life is designed so that they know nothing but perfect happiness and joy. For those who live in Omelas, life is completely perfect. They are all young and happy and healthy. Their children are never underfed. Their harvests always come in on time and in abundance. In short, for the majority of the people of Omelas, there is nothing on this Earth which they have anything to complain about. However, beneath the joy of the majority population is the secret of the people and the town, the knowledge that one person must have absolute torment throughout their lives….

But it was from the difference between us, not from the affinities and likenesses, but from the difference, that love came: and it was itself the bridge, the only bridge, across what divided us" (Le Guin).
The "love" referred to in this quotation that arose between the female Estraven and Ai stemmed from distinctions of gender, since it originated due to the attractive nature of Estraven as a woman and of Ai as a man. However, this love actually transcends mere gender, which is evinced by the fact that the love is not sexually consummated in a physical form, but is rather consummated in an unconditional form of love that is the basis of the "friendship" that arose between Ai and Estraven. This love is perhaps the ultimate expression of the loyalty and fidelity that Estraven always demonstrated towards Ai, and which now is finally reciprocated by the latter. So….

In “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” Usula Le Guin describes a utopic community that hides a dark secret. The story is like a thought experiment in ethics, calling into question the efficacy of ethical consequentialism or utilitarianism versus deontological ethics. Omelas is a thriving, joyful place but the happiness and health that abounds there “depend wholly on” the “abominable misery” of a single child (Le Guin 252). Le Guin’s story reveals the “terrible paradox” at the heart of human existence: that technological progress and the other trappings of civilization are directly dependent on exploitation (253). Upon perceiving the child trapped in the room at the underbelly of Omelas, residents have two choices: they can walk away from the community or they can remain within it, feeling poignantly the tragedy of compassion and of knowing that the sacrifice of one can and often does lead to the uplifting of….


Now, while the setting may be in a constant state of flux (between the details the reader creates and the details the narrator gives the reader), there are certain aspects of the story that are concrete and critical to what Le Guin is asking the reader to do. One of those constants within this story is the caged boy mired in his on filth. Another is the almost shameless resignation the townsfolk have regarding the poor boy. These two points are integral to some of the philosophical questions the story posits, is the undeserved and intense suffering of one justified if it ensures the happiness of many? In what ways does our own reality reflect this dilemma? The ones that leave Omelas, why are they headed to an indescribable place?

To answer this questions completely would take pages and pages of text and prose and, intertextual analysis from many different authors….

Left Hand of Darkness by
PAGES 4 WORDS 1052

The book is a reflection towards a packed society we live in these days where all human beings have turned a blind eye to the civil rights of the other people thinking that may be in one way or the other it can justify the current situation in the society (Silverberg 89).
Comparison

The two books highlight human race living in the future. The authors have highlighted futuristic vision of a society that humans of the today's world imagine. Peace with no wars, sharing and prosperity, no gender biases, no gender differences and freedom of choosing partners for making families is what makes a perfect world to live in. In the case of Le Guin's 'The Left Hand of Darkness', this concept has been carved out on a futuristic planet of human beings with no sexes and sex changes when they reach peak of their life cycles. Peace and fulfillment has….

Walk Away From Omelas How
PAGES 3 WORDS 1150

" The people are prevented from doing anything to try and make the child's life better, and they all follow the rules.
As readers, it is easy for us to say that the trade-off is not worth it, that the citizens of Omelas should rebel against the rules and save the child, but the moral question Le Guin presents is complicated. How do we weigh the needs of the many against the needs of the one? The entire population of the city of Omelas gets to live happy, carefree, healthy lives without violence or war, and the only price to pay is the suffering of one person. The price is horrific, all the more so because the boy is merely ten years old, but sometimes a horrific price must be paid. How many of us in the prosperous first world are able to enjoy our luxuries because there are people around….

Lathe of Heaven
PAGES 11 WORDS 3056

characters from all the readings has to be Michael from Microserfs. "This morning, just after 11:00, Michael locked himself in his office and he won't come out." (Coupland 1) Through lack of interactions and his "flat diet," ("Todd and I got concerned about Michael's not eating, so we drove to the 24-hour Safeway in Bellevue. e went shopping for "flat" foods to slip underneath Michael's door." (Coupland 1)) Michael easily became the most dynamic and progressive personalities within the story. Because he operated at such a bizarre starting point, his change towards the end really creates an impression on the reader and the other characters in the story. At first he operates only in the set parameters of his world, barely talking to people, focusing on work, but it is in his own world that the reader witnesses Michael's slow, but gradual progression towards truly forming connection through BarCode….

Wife's Story
Firstname Lastname, Acquisitions Editor

From: Firstname Lastname, Supervisor, Acquisitions

The Wife's Story

Pursuant to our conversation about selecting one literary text for publication this session, I recommend "The Wife's Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin.

The Wife's Story: Synopsis

Told in the first person, "The Wife's Story" is a suspenseful work of short fiction that will appeal to readers of fantasy from teen to adult. The prose is conversational and spare. It includes some colloquial language that provides color and context, but it does not detract from the telling of the story. I do not recommend any editing or revisions prior to publication. I believe readers will enjoy it because of the surprise ending. The story immediately engages the reader with the opening sentences: "He was a good husband, a good father. I don't understand it" (Le Guin, 2011). From there, the tension builds as the author foreshadows a terrible occurrence. Clues are provided,….

Justice
The human race has been face-to-face with inequality and injustice since the beginning of time. First there was the inequality of religion, than there was the inequality of gender, the inequality of social status and most recently the inequality of color. All of these inequalities have been eliminated one by one with the belief in freedom. Looking over all of the events that eliminated inequality such as the French revolution and Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech a question comes to the mind. A question asking whether there is a "secret" to justice and if there is one what is it?

If there is a secret to justice, perhaps poets will be the first to tell. Maya Angelou, one of America's foremost poets, talks about the spiritual secrets of African-Americans in her essay "Graduation." At the close of the autobiographical essay, Angelou states, "If we were a people much….


2.3: Theme I: This study's first theme defines hedge funds and presents a synopsis of their history.

2.: Theme 2: Ways hedge funds compare to mutual funds are noted in this section, this study's second theme.

2.5: Theme 3: segment denotes techniques hedge funds utilise in investing.

2.6: Theme : A number of ways rising and falling markets impact hedge funds, this section's theme links to the thesis statement for this thesis/Capstone.

2.7: Analysis: The analysis section presents a number of pertinent points retrieved from the reviewed literature.

CHAPTER III: DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS

3.1: Introduction: This final chapter's introduction reviews the original study aim and objectives presented at the start of this thesis/Capstone, relating to hedge funds techniques. This section also recounts this study's thesis statement.

3.2: Discussion: During this segment, this researcher relates final considerations regarding hedge funds techniques, cross-referencing several points the reviewed literature noted. This researcher also reiterates the validity of this study's thesis….

Woman on the Edge of Time
PAGES 5 WORDS 1458

Women Science Fiction Writers as Probing Pathfinders
Author Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time was written in 1976, and it has received critical acclaim for the science fiction future it depicts, but it was likely given literary wings by a bizarre science fiction tale written in 1818, according to a scholarly essay in Critique: Studies in contemporary Fiction (Seabury, 2001). The science fiction tale Seabury alludes to is in fact "often called the first work of science fiction," and that is the classic story of Frankenstein.

Additionally, Seabury uses a quote to tip the cap to Frankenstein's author, Mary Shelley, who, in penning Frankenstein, has written "perhaps the single most influential work of science fiction by a woman." And so, in the genre of feminist science fiction, even though Frankenstein is quite the opposite of feminine, to say the least, the author was clearly a pathfinder of tremendous significance for….

The critic then claims that it is not plausible that the correct moral theory could demand the sacrifice of innocent individuals in this way, and therefore consequentialism should be rejected.
(Lawlor, 2004)

The above example serves to illustrate that consequentialism as a theory applied to criminal justice, has certain inescapable flaws in terms of ethics and morality.

The aspect of partiality is also another more technical objection to the validity of this stance. The theory of consequentialism is intended to decide on moral goodness or otherwise from an impartial and uninvolved viewpoint and only judge actions based on consequences. An example that is often given in the literature is the view that the happiness of one individual over another is not as important as the outcomes in term so the greatest amount of happiness. Therefore, consequentialism tends to hold that in deciding what to do, you ought to give just as much….

image
3 Pages
Essay

Literature

Le Guin's Song for Ecumenical Rapport in Sci Fi Novel

Words: 906
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

Literary Analysis of The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guins Left Hand of Darkness provides a fascinating examination into gender roles and binary concepts. The novel follows the…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
3 Pages
Essay

Literature

Ursula K Le Guin's Piece Titled Where

Words: 1165
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

Ursula K. Le Guin's piece titled "Where Do You Get You Ideas From" is often regarded by most as an important piece of literature to help the modern writer.…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
5 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Ursula K Le Guin's Choice

Words: 2342
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

The light shines through it, and the dark enters it. Borne, flung, tugged from anywhere to anywhere, for in the deep sea there is no compass but nearer…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
2 Pages
Essay

Children

Ursula Le Guin in the Story The

Words: 772
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

Ursula Le Guin In the story "The Ones ho alk Away from Omelas," author Ursula Le Guin has created a dystopia wherein the majority of the population lives in eternal…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
7 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Duality of Love the Principle

Words: 2363
Length: 7 Pages
Type: Term Paper

But it was from the difference between us, not from the affinities and likenesses, but from the difference, that love came: and it was itself the bridge, the…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
3 Pages

Literature

the ones who walk away from omelas

Words: 1064
Length: 3 Pages
Type:

In “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” Usula Le Guin describes a utopic community that hides a dark secret. The story is like a thought experiment in ethics,…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
2 Pages
Essay

Literature

Firing Synapses in the Shifting

Words: 766
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

Now, while the setting may be in a constant state of flux (between the details the reader creates and the details the narrator gives the reader), there are certain…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
4 Pages
Book Report

Family and Marriage

Left Hand of Darkness by

Words: 1052
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Book Report

The book is a reflection towards a packed society we live in these days where all human beings have turned a blind eye to the civil rights of…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
3 Pages
Book Report

Children

Walk Away From Omelas How

Words: 1150
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Book Report

" The people are prevented from doing anything to try and make the child's life better, and they all follow the rules. As readers, it is easy for us to…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
11 Pages
Essay

Literature

Lathe of Heaven

Words: 3056
Length: 11 Pages
Type: Essay

characters from all the readings has to be Michael from Microserfs. "This morning, just after 11:00, Michael locked himself in his office and he won't come out." (Coupland…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
1 Pages
Research Paper

Mythology

Wife's Story Firstname Lastname Acquisitions Editor From

Words: 366
Length: 1 Pages
Type: Research Paper

Wife's Story Firstname Lastname, Acquisitions Editor From: Firstname Lastname, Supervisor, Acquisitions The Wife's Story Pursuant to our conversation about selecting one literary text for publication this session, I recommend "The Wife's Story" by…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
8 Pages
Essay

Black Studies

Is There a Secret to Justice

Words: 2783
Length: 8 Pages
Type: Essay

Justice The human race has been face-to-face with inequality and injustice since the beginning of time. First there was the inequality of religion, than there was the inequality of gender,…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
35 Pages
Research Proposal

Economics

Hedge Fund Management Technique the

Words: 9602
Length: 35 Pages
Type: Research Proposal

2.3: Theme I: This study's first theme defines hedge funds and presents a synopsis of their history. 2.: Theme 2: Ways hedge funds compare to mutual funds are noted in…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
5 Pages
Term Paper

Mythology

Woman on the Edge of Time

Words: 1458
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Women Science Fiction Writers as Probing Pathfinders Author Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time was written in 1976, and it has received critical acclaim for the science fiction…

Read Full Paper  ❯
image
13 Pages
Term Paper

Business - Ethics

Consequentialism Faces a Number of

Words: 3490
Length: 13 Pages
Type: Term Paper

The critic then claims that it is not plausible that the correct moral theory could demand the sacrifice of innocent individuals in this way, and therefore consequentialism should…

Read Full Paper  ❯