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…...

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Works Cited

Le Guin, U. K. (2012). The left hand of darkness. Hachette UK.

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…...

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…...

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Works Cited:

Le Guin, Ursula. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

Harper and Row: New York, NY. 1975. Print.

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…...

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Works Cited

Jordison, Sam. "Back to the Hugos: The Left Hand of Darkness by Usula K. Le Guin." The Guardian. 2010. Web.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/mar/25/left-hand-darkness-ursula-guin 

LeFanu, Sarah. "The King is Pregnant." The Guardian. 2004. Web.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/jan/03/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.ursulakleguin 

Mahoney, Simon. "Le Guin, Left Hand of Darkness." The Future Fire.  http://reviews.futurefire.net/2009/07/le-guin-left-hand-of-darkness-1969.html 

Thea. "Book Review: The Left Hand of Darkness." The Book Smugglers. 2010. Web.  http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/01/book-review-the-left-hand-of-darkness-by-ursula-k-leguin.html

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…...

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…...

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Works Cited

Le Guin, K. Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness. Edition 40. Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 2009.

Silverberg, Robert. The World Inside. Orion, 2011.

" 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…...

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…...

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Works Cited

Coupland, Douglas. Microserfs. New York: Harper Perennial, 2011. Print.

Wife's Story
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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,…...

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References

Le Guin, U. (2011). The wife's story. In Acosta, D.L.P. a. A. (Eds) Literature: A World of Writing Stories, Poems, Plays, and Essays [VitalSource Digital Version](pp. 3-27) Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.

Werewolfman. Retrieved March 23, 2013, from Google Images.

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…...

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Works Cited

Angelou, Maya. "Graduation." Retrieved online: http://www.eacfaculty.org/pchidester/101%20files/Graduation.pdf

King, Martin Luther. "Letter From Birmingham Jail." "Occasions for Writing: Evidence, Idea, Essay." DiYanni, Robert, and Pat C. Hoy. Boston, MA: Thomson Heinle, (2008).611-621. Print.

Le Guin, Ursula. "Where Do You Get You Ideas From." "Occasions for Writing: Evidence, Idea, Essay." DiYanni, Robert, and Pat C. Hoy. Boston, MA: Thomson Heinle, (2008).536-541. Print.

Essay Topic Examples
1. The Role of Dystopian Worlds in Science Fiction Narratives:
    Explore how science fiction stories use dystopian settings to critique contemporary social, political, and technological trends. Examine the effectiveness of this narrative tool in both its warning and didactic capacities by analyzing specific examples from classic and modern sci-fi works.

2. The Evolution of Science Fiction Space Travel: From Early Speculations to Modern Depictions:
    Delve into the progression of space travel in science fiction literature and film, highlighting how scientific advancements and cultural shifts have influenced the portrayal of interstellar exploration. Assess how earlier speculative works have paved the way for more scientifically rigorous portrayals of space travel in recent stories.

3. The Intersection of Science Fiction and hilosophy: Examining Existential Themes:
    Investigate how science fiction stories engage with philosophical questions concerning existence, consciousness, and the nature of…...

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Primary Sources

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818.

Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds. William Heinemann, 1898.

Asimov, Isaac. Foundation. Gnome Press, 1951.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, 1953.

Le Guin, Ursula K. The Left Hand of Darkness. Ace Books, 1969.

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…...

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4. The Investment Advisers Act.

The Securities Act of 1933, (SEC):

…oversees the mutual fund industry's compliance with specific regulations, including, the Internal Revenue Code which set additional requirements regarding a fund's portfolio diversification and its distribution of earnings, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) oversees most mutual fund advertisements and other sales materials. In addition, mutual funds must have directors who are responsible for extensive oversight of the fund's policies and procedures. For virtually all funds, at least a majority of their directors must be independent from the fund's management.

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…...

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References

Davidson, Phebe. "Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science fiction and Beyond." Belle

Lettres: A Review of Books by Women 9, 27-29.

Piercy, Marge. Woman on the Edge of Time. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1976.

Rudy, Cathy. "Ethics, reproduction, Utopia: Gender and Childbearing in 'Woman on the Edge of Time' and 'The Left Hand of Darkness'." NWSA Journal 9 (1997): 22-39.

Inanna's descent to the underworld has had a significant influence on modern storytelling and popular culture in a variety of ways. Here are some examples:

1. Archetypal themes: The story of Inanna's descent is often seen as a classic example of the archetypal hero's journey, where the protagonist undergoes a transformative experience in the underworld before returning to the surface world. This theme has been replicated in countless modern stories, from novels and films to video games and television series.

2. Symbolism: The myth of Inanna's descent is rich in symbolism, with themes of death, rebirth, sacrifice, and transformation. These themes have....

1. In the fantasy novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, heroism is portrayed as a journey of personal growth and self-discovery, as the protagonist Bilbo Baggins evolves from a timid hobbit into a brave adventurer.

2. The exploration of the vast and enchanting world of Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien serves as a metaphor for the characters inner exploration and development, showcasing how heroism is not just about physical feats, but also about inner strength and moral courage.

3. In George R.R. Martins A Song of Ice and Fire series, heroism is depicted as....