Wave 3

In the Left Hand of Darkness, we are presented with several parables that somehow connect with the story. For example, in chapter 9, we get a parable called Estraven the Traitor. The chapter tells a tale of a man who gets lost while skiing and accidentally gets onto his enemy’s land. The Therem of Stok lets Estraven into his cabin and helps him warm up in order to save him. After they introduce themselves, they realize that they are mortal enemies. Estraven says “ We are mortal enemies. I would swear kemmering with you.” (126) They both vow kemmer to each other. If Estraven hadn’t gotten killed, he would have returned to his land only to become titled as a traitor for vowing kemmering with his enemy. This connects with the Estraven from the story because he himself gets exiled after being accused of being a traitor. (31) I also noticed that both Estravens’ vow kemmering with someone they are not supposed to —Estraven from the parable with his mortal enemy and Estraven from the story with his brother. Not only do they share their name, but they also share the title of being dishonorable. In cultures, most folktales usually work as a way to give some sort of advice to the people. Folktales try to teach people about morals and many more things like patience. Like for example, with the parable of the Nineteenth Day, you can infer that the folktale is somehow telling you to think before you ask a question or to think before you act. Lord Berosty’s actions resulted in the murder of the person who he vowed kemmer with. He let his anger get to him and at the end he ended up losing.

In the book The right hand of darkness by Ursula k. Le Guin there is a folk tale called The Place Inside The Blizzard. In the tale it talks about two brothers that break the rules and do something that goes against society in the gathenian world. The pledge kemmer which is not allowed and against the rules. Once people found out one of the two brothers committed suicide and they were after the other one but he left. This folk tale relates to chapter 15 because they mentioned about committing suicide during the cold winter but gathenians see it as "immoral" because they believe that if they grew up and survived why would they want to just throw away their life when many others die due to harsh conditions and high death rates due to the cold weather.

[KC]: LHoD WAVE THREE Discussion Question

Wave Three:

Here comes the prompt for the third wave of blogging for The Left Hand of Darkness. Wave Three Bloggers must post in response to this prompt by 6:00 p.m. on Monday, February 5.  As before, anyone can comment on any post (Wave 1, 2, or 3), so by the time the unit is complete, you should have posted once, and commented twice. Remember, we are always looking for students who are working ABOVE AND BEYOND the minimum requirements.

Reflect on the myths presented in the various chapters of Left Hand of Darkness. Consider them as little symbolic parables and consider the following: What does this myth tell you about Gethen culture? However, some of the myths do have direct connections to the plot, especially the ones about Estraven. Discuss some of the Gethenian myths and folktales. Find one to discuss—the Place Inside the Blizzard, the Nineteenth Day, etc. How do such stories function in a culture?

Reminder, your post should be between 250-300 words long. Anything shorter will not be effective. Also, include page numbers when you reference the text.

Who shall post: Anaya Burnett, Louvence Lacsina, Alisa Oropeza, Sergio Prado, Randy Reza, Abigail Rodriguez, Gaby Sahagun, Brooke Tafoya, David Tate, Michael Yap

All alone - Wave 2

Genly Ai, who is the only human being on the planet Gethen continuously feels out of place throughout the book.  Gethen is a place where it is always cold, therefore it also called Winter.  The constant cold of Gethen is able to contribute to the theme of isolation and loneliness because Genly Ai is one who is always cold, isolated, and lonely.  Genly is never able to really fit in on the planet of Gethen.  He is never really able to adapt to the life there.  Being on the planet winter would be no difference being on Antarctica where it is cold and inhabitable by humans, isolated from life all around.  Genly is in a way forced to try and understand Gethenian culture and try in live in the way that they live, while being on his own with no one understanding the struggles he must overcome.   He is physically unable to withstand the coldness of the planet of Gethen unlike any of the Gethenians living.  One other reason why he is always isolated and lonely is because he doesn't know who to trust with no one trusting him in return.  The planet Gethen contains few pieces of inhabitable land, which are most likely covered in glaciers.  The constant weather of this planet show the isolation of the lands that are habitable to the Gethenians, along with human beings, such as Genly.

WAVE 2

The constant cold in Gethen contributes to the isolation and loneliness because it adds on another thing about Genly that he does not relate with. Where Genly comes from, his weather temperatures are like Earth's. He is also the only one on that planet who is not Gethenian, and no one really welcomes aliens other than Estraven, who became his friend for 2 years. Him being the only one with a gender and he cannot relate to anyone there. Being constantly cold can also be a characteristic and adds on well with isolation. Just like how people say "warm and friendly", being cold and isolated are a good pair. The planet can be compared to a person. The cold, lonely, and isolated Gethen are afraid of being around other alien species. Just like how a person who is cold and lonely would be too scared to join a big crowd. They feel nervous and they're not used to inclusion. They're bubble is being breached. This is exactly the same as on the planet Winter. The Gethens have always been an isolated and lonely planet, until Genly came. Now, as the story's own United Nation tries to get them to join, they are hostile and afraid. The whole theme of being cold and isolated can go for more than just Genly. Looking at the whole situation and why Genly is there can also help explain the theme of cold and loneliness.

Morgen Hutchison Wave 2

-We see in the beginning of book that Gethen is considered an ice land. Which is why Genly Ai gives  Gethen the name Winter. The cold in my opinion foreshadows Genly's state of mind. "The rain is gone, the sun shines on us, the splendid, radiant, traitorous sun of Winter. I remark to the person on my left, 'It's hot. It's really hot."(4)We can see in this passage that Genly starts to feel comfortable while he's in the parade. But when Genly starts to realize he can't trust Estraven, "the world's sun dims between clouds regathering, and soon a flaw of rain runs sparse and hard upriver..."(7) We can see as the weather changes he starts to feel out of place. Every time Genly mood changes we can see a shift in how the weather does too. Genly is changing the environment from cold to warm. This can foreshadow a major change that will happen. Possibly war or Gethen's slowly becoming like Genly's world.
-The weather can also foreshadow how the Gethians feel about Genly being there. When he gets arrested the weather was cold which is normal or good for the Gethen's, So when it became warm everything goes good for Genly and then when it gets cold everyone goes downhill. The cold plays on what the Gethien's are used to, and the warmth is what Genly Ai brings to there world. In my opinion I feel the weather plays along to Genly's mood and the Gethien's when something goes wrong for Genly the weather shifts to dark, cold, or rainy. It always foreshadows a major problem or change coming.

How does the constant cold of Gethen contribute to the theme of isolation and loneliness?

In my opinion, the constant cold on Gethen contributes to the theme of isolation and loneliness as Genley is not adapted to the cold environment that the Gethenians live in as he is a foreigner and has no clue of what Gethen is really all about. Genley has to now adapt to the cold temperatures and in doing so makes him more stressed out than he already is due to him not being involved with Gethenian culture and not accepting their lifestyle. For example, Genley's gender and his appearance whether it be his height difference or posture show how he differentiates from the Gethenians.  The Gethenians are genderless and have no character to them as if they're all just the same person while Genley does. This contributes to him being alone and not fitting in with the rest of the people. Also, the Gethenians are afraid of Genley as they have no clue of his origins and the hatred from the king. For example, when the king first met Genley, he suspects him of potentially trying to ruin his position as king. As Genley is trying to reach a conpromise about uniting the king's Nation with the Ekumen, he becomes more and more paranoid as he thinks that Genley will trick him into giving his power away. This leads to the King being afraid of Genley and spreads fear throughout his land which in turn causes backlash from the people to Genley. This leads to Genley feeling left alone and potentially feeling left out.  This esclated even more as Estraven was banished from Karhide and Genley is now at an even more disadvantage as he depended upon him for communication and guidance around Gethen. This ultimately caused Genley to live alone and completing his diplomatic mission on his own. 

Constant cold contributes to loneliness and isolation in the Left Hand of Darkness when we see the characters are going through rough times.Throughout the whole book, we see that Genley is an outsider to the cold climate. In chapter 13, readers see how the constant cold on the journey to the farm affects Genley and the other prisoners. The cold makes all the people on the truck feel isolated and lonely. Genley once felt so alone in the cold truck that he “sat and tried to draw up lists of [all the Karhidish words for snow] in [his] head that night” and each time he “recalled another one” he would repeat the lists, “inserting it in its alphabetical place” (169). Genley felt so isolated at this moment that he resorted to repeating words in his head in different orders. The constant cold of Gethen also contributes to the mentality of Genley as well. Throughout the book, we are given an example f the normal weather patterns through the eyes of someone who is fairly used to temperature like those of Earth. Genley states that the temperature of Gethen seems to stay below even that of our subarctic regions. Because of this, Genley must act and respond different due to the extreme temperatures of Gethen, which in turn separates and isolates him from the citizens of Gethen.Estraven also might feel lonely and cold because he was exiled. He and Genley, who both have reason to feel alone, traveled together across the ice and snow and mountains, which shows the connection the two might have made on their journeys and through their experiences with being and/or feeling isolated. 

Wave 2 Lailah McCullough

 The idea of the constant cold on Gethen portrays the isolation and loneliness is that Genly Ai has to manage  because he is from a world that is much different from his own. His physical qualities and his gender define who he is and how Genly is seen as an alien to many of the inhabitants. Everyone on Gethen is very similar without a male or female gender and no categorization between the two whereas Genly has a gender and that make him feel alone. Partly why Genly remains alone is that people fear who Genly is and the unknown world he comes from. Apart from his differences as an envoy, the climate also plays an important role to Genly's attitude because  Genly has been placed on a planet completely opposite from what he is familiar with and is no longer comfortable to him

The constant cold of Gethen contributes to the theme of isolation and loneliness throughout the novel by the atmosphere it creates. Genly, a alien from a different planet, and Estraven, an exiled traitor, are both alienated within Gethen with only themselves to trust and count on. Their journey through the Ice in order to reach Karhide after escaping the Farm illustrates this theme of isolation and loneliness through the Ice’s harsh cold weather that the both of them must survive in order to achieve their goal. Together Genly and Estraven fight through Gethen's “...bitter, terrible, and bright [winter]” (pg. 214)  on their journey of isolation in which they ultimately begin to find a connection between each other. Throughout their expedition, Genly eventually begins to distinguish a difference between the warmth and the cold in Gethen. While inside the tent with Estraven, he states, “A marvelous thing surrounded us: warmth. Death and cold were elsewhere, outside.” (pg. 245) , in which he attributes warmth with Estraven and coldness with the outside, or Gethen. This displays the theme of isolation and loneliness that both Genly and Estraven felt and began to overcome together by the end of the novel.

wave 2

  The fact that it is cold on Gethen is explained in the beginning of the story. This contributes to the loneliness of characters at some point in the novel because the physical description of how the coldness is described.It is like, how the wind blows, when the characters are lonely of course. To be honest, the coldness and isolation should go together. I wouldn't see it any other way, like, if someone is lonely, they are usually in cold, or is that just how I see it? I don't think the weather has any big effects of being lonely, but the wind should be blowing at least. I think the fact that the chills all around the character represents the loneliness of the person and the warmth that is lost in the heart because he or she is lonely. The weather is quote on quote "bitter" like most people when they are lonely. The fact that Genley is the only different specimen on the planet; it opens up an introduction of the planet's setting and it gives more of an insight on how cold it is on Gethen, making it more evident of the loneliness.

  Other than that, I think the coldness is just going to get colder, so then it well just keep on adding more lonely vibes to it. The part in the beginning where it really describes the coldness; I think that really establishes a foreshadow of loneliness, that is going to happen later in the story, and it doesn't fail. The fact that Genley goes to jail, it gives us more isolation represented by that, and ultimately gets colder from that. It's really simple, more coldness, more loneliness.

Valeria Ochoa Lopez - Wave Two

Genly Ai is always referring to the extreme cold, because as a human from Earth, he is more vulnerable to the harsh environment. The extreme cold environment of Gethen adds on to the theme of isolation that Genly constantly feels among the Gethenians, because it's similar to the feeling of loneliness. The experience of being alone and feeling isolated can often be a cold and harsh feeling, just like the freezing, and unforgiving environment of Gethen. When people are isolated, usually it causes discomfort and can leave an empty, cold feeling in that person's emotions and feelings. The environment is also the same to Genly's isolation because it is bitter, and proves how loneliness and isolation affects Genly's mission to unite the countries of Gethen with the Ekumen. For example, Genly is constantly known as the weird 'pervert' alien among a community of people who don't claim a certain gender, and doesn't really connect with any of the people there. He is there on a mission, but the paranoia of the people there constantly isolates him from people thinking good things about him. The only person that trusts Genly is Estraven, but Genly isolates himself from Estraven because he does not trust him. This feeling of being alone affects Genly by causing him to be a little bitter at the fact that nobody is listening to him, and instead treat him as though he is weird and a liar. When people are isolated, it can be a harsh and unforgiving feeling, especially when it seems like no one is listening to what you have to say.

Alyssa Lopez- Wave Two

Since the beginning of the novel, LeGuin has depicted Gethen as very cold. All the people of Gethen are adapted to this climate, however Genly is not, this making him feel like an outsider. He is an outsider in so many ways, which contributes to him feeling isolated. He feels like an outsider because he doesn’t follow their ways, the culture and much more. He doesn’t fit into their ideas of gender roles, as he is constantly questioning it. He has an assigned gender, and no one on Gethen does.

The cold climate makes people feel alone, I know I’m not the only one who can agree. Since Genly is always surrounded by the coldness of Gethen, he feels like a loner, with no one to turn to. Since he has closed himself from most people, he isn’t able to hold many friendships. “I am the only man in all Gethen that has trusted you entirely, and I am the only man in Gethen that you have refused to trust.” (199) Genly doesn’t trust anyone, not even Estraven. However, Genly isn’t the only one who feels isolated or alone. When Estraven was exiled, he became alone from the people he was close to.

I think that Genly has isolated himself from people because he feels so different. I think he could try and get along with everyone. I can’t put myself in his shoes, but it would probably be hard. He wouldn’t have to feel alone if he has friends, and isolation would no longer exist.

[KC]: LHoD WAVE TWO Discussion Question

Wave Two:

Here comes the prompt for the second wave of blogging for The Left Hand of Darkness. Wave Two Bloggers must post in response to this prompt by 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 29.  As before, anyone can comment on any post (Wave 1, 2, or 3), so by the time the unit is complete, you should have posted once, and commented twice. Remember, we are always looking for students who are working ABOVE AND BEYOND the minimum requirements.

How does the constant cold of Gethen contribute to the theme of isolation and loneliness?

Reminder, your post should be between 250-300 words long. Anything shorter will not be effective. Also, include page numbers when you reference the text.

Who shall post:
Itzel Gonzalez, Morgen Hutchison, Shannon Khong, Abril Leonyvelez, Alyssa Lopez, Michael Lopez, Justin Luong, Jennifer Martinez, Lailah McCullough, Emmanuel Nunez, Valeria Ochoa Lopez, Elijah Oeur

Chelsea DeLeon WAVE 1

                   When someone arrives to somewhere new, often times they won't feel comfortable with the change of culture, attitude, etc. I think this is a lot of how Genly feels when he first arrives to Karhide. At his home planet, they all have set genders. People either identify as a woman or a male, so when Genly meets these Gethenians he finds it weird that they're genderless. On Gethen, they enter a "'sexual cycle' that averages from about 26 to 28 days" (Page 90) and in this cycle they enter different stages of sexual needs.
                  Genly Ai is seen as a "pervert" since he identifies himself as a male, for Gethenians only set a certain gender for themselves when they're in kemmer. Genly Ai initially finds this to be odd but he keeps an open mind to it. I believe that this shows a lot from where Genly is from because he is willing to open up to these new cultures and customs. Although, he still tries to point out feminine/masculine features of a Gethenian but this only shows that in his home world they identify themselves differently. Since Genly is so open-minded  I think this also revesls a lot about himself as a person. I don't believe that the way that someone reacts to something could identify a whole group (...or planet in this case).
                  When Genly takes notes down on the whole idea of kemmer for Gethenians, he also mentions something they don't have in their planet, which is inconsequential sex. This tells us that back on his planet, Earth, they have that and it tells us it's common enough to be brought up as something the Gethenans don't have. These are just small things that tell us about the world that Genly Ai is from but all of these details in the book are self-explanatory. 

Genly's Discomfort

After learning about Gethen it is understandable to us readers why Genly has a hard time adjusting to the Gethenian lifestyle of no genders, kemmering, and other things. He has stated himself that even though he has been on Winter for two years he still has difficulty seeing the Gethenians as they want to be seen (12). For so long Genly is used to everyone having genders and so when he finds out that this place has no gender at all it is hard for him to adapt. In most situations, we have a hard time accepting something that is different because we often have a set mindset so it can be hard to adapt to changes sometimes. To Genly having no gender means change, it means that there is something different from what he is already used to. Even the Gethenian people have a hard time adjusting to Genly. He is defined as alien like and is automatically identified as the Envoy because he is set to one gender and his appearance is different. To the Gethenian people those who stay with a gender are even referred to as "sexual perverts" (36).

This just reveals to us that the world that Genly comes from has a hard time adapting to change. They are set in their ways and so when they are presented with something different they have a hard time accepting it. Even though we as readers know that the Gethenian people don't have any genders Genly continues to label everyone with pronouns such as he and she. He even describes Estraven's performance to be woman like but is unsure of whether or not he is a woman. However, when he starts to think of Estraven as a man he feels as if it is wrong (12). 

Struggles of Genly Ai

    As we read throughout this novel, we realize that Genly struggles to visualize the people of Gethen as how they see themselves and how they should be seen by others, which is genderless. He often identifies them with “him” and “her” and refers to masculine or feminine traits that one may have, like how he calls Estraven a “he” and points out Faxe’s feminine characteristics. Genly just wants to fit in with the unfamiliar society of Gethen. In chapter 1, he mentions how he wants to go unnoticed and blend in with the crowd, for he is different than everyone else, coming from Ekumen, which is like Earth..kinda. I point this out because although he wants to fit in, however he can’t help using gender to identify people and understand the culture of the people of Gethen.
      Gender isn’t the only struggle Genly is having in this new world. We see on page 8 that he also receives negative vibes and attention because of the way he looks, causing him to feel even more foreign. While Genly can’t get used to the gender, different religions, and “kemmer,” the Gethenians have a hard time adapting to Genly and his lifestyle. So it goes both ways. To add, since Genly comes from Ekumen, which is like Earth, it causes the reader to more understand his lifestyle and view the planet of Gethen as foreign, confusing, and completely different than our way of living.
     In conclusion, Genly has lived in this planet-in this world, for some time now, but the lifestyle is hard to adjust to, so it is difficult for him to live his new and different life on Gethen comfortably, as he lives on Ekumen and as we, the readers, live on Earth.

Genly Ai struggles to understand Gethenian culture because they are genderless. However, when experiencing kemmer, one Gethenian develops a female sexual characteristic and the other develops a male characteristic resulting in an offspring, and then they convert genderless again. Which is one of the things that Genly being from planet Terra, similar to Earth where they characterize themselves with genders, struggles with because he is used to seeing and talking to others using a pronoun he or she. After two year, Genly is still not able to get over the fact that Gethenians are unlike him and automatically wants categorize them. Which is still a struggle because he wants to assume their gender based on traits and descriptions that he would categorize female or male. On the other hand, Gethenians also can't over look Genly's differences thinking he's a pervert because he's a male at all times and to top it off, he stands out in a crowd (8). Genly Ai's attitudes reveal that the world he comes from is like Earth, full of diversity, specifically, a gender categorized society. As we read, we, humans, can connect with Genly's confusion because we are raised in a society where people have a set gender and are referred to as either he or she. Also, if humans where to come in contact with "aliens" we would understand the curiosity Genly has for Gethenian culture and vice versa. For example, when first reading the novel I imagined the movie E.T. and how when the alien reached Earth and Elliot took "him" home, (now I feel what Genly feels because I am unsure as to how to categorize E.T.) everyone had a reaction and then resulting in the government tracking him down. Overall, Genly tries to categorize Gethenians but since he is in their planet, he will always be considered the odd one.

Jenna Desmond - Wave 1

It's very obvious that Genly Ai is having a really hard time seeing Gethenians as how they should be seen, genderless, and his constant placement of genders on these people begins to taint how we see them as well. Genly's struggles remind me of the modern equivalent to people not being able to respect those who are non-binary or transgender. He is constantly describing the people as being either feminine or masculine, when in reality, they are neither of them until they are in kemmer.

To explain the modern struggle of those who are transgender, there are an estimated 1.4 million adults who identify as transgender and still people wrongly assume genders. No matter how many times someone may tell another what they identify as, they still decide to ignore these wishes and call them by the wrong pronoun. Genly does this often, usually describing a person with "he/him" pronouns which are seen as more fluid, but he also uses feminine and masculine in a description to put these characters in boxes of female or male. For example, when Genly is talking with Estraven, he states "it was impossible to think of him as a woman [...] yet whenever I thought of him as a man I felt a send of falseness, of imposture". (12)

However terrible it is to see Genly misgender these people, he knows what he's doing isn't right but he can't help it. "Though I had been nearly two years on Winter I was still far from being able to see the people of the planet through their own eyes." (12) Hopefully he will begin to reprogram his mind the longer he stays there so he can begin to truly fit in with the people, as he wanted from the beginning.

Genly Ai in a Different World

     It becomes clear at the very beginning of the novel that Genly has quite a difficult time understanding the people that inhabit the planet of Gethen.  In the middle of the second paragraph on page 8, we see that he is not used to the environment yet.  He mentions how he tries to lose himself in the crowd and is uncomfortable with how much he sticks out.  The one thing he wants the most is to go unnoticed.  This can be seen as a foreshadow to Genly further struggling to learn the main characteristics of Gethinians.  Another early example of this is how Genly constantly assigns the Gethinians genders while he is narrating.  For example, he usually calls Estraven "he", as seen in page 7.  Also, when he meets Faxe, Genly refers to the character's more "feminine" traits.  The reason that this is important to mention is that Gethen is a genderless society, yet Genly can't stop using gendered pronouns to refer to others.
     There are plenty of examples of Genly's confusion throughout this story, but what do they mean?  It seems like these moments are meant to show that Genly comes from a very different society than Gethen.  While gender is non-existent on Gethen, it must play a very important role in Genly's society.  Maybe it determines people's roles in his society, since he clearly tends to view certain traits as masculine or feminine.  Another difference between the two societies is that Genly's is probably not a monarchy, as he is unable to reason with King Argaven in Chapter 3.
    In conclusion, the reader can use Genly's lack of understanding of Gethen to determine many differences between the two societies.  Structure of the government and use of gender are probably only some of the differences between them.

Ai's Alienation

As readers, we immediately recognize how much negative attention Genly gets because of his physical appearance (8), which makes him feel like an alien; even more so when he is so used to his own personal habits and societal norms from Ekumen. Genly Ai is an obvious outsider in Gethen, and never really gets used to the foreign culture on the planet - the androgynous humans, the ~spooky~ religions, and especially the act of kemmer. Simultaneously, the native Gethenians never get used to Genly either. They constantly give him a hard time because of his “foreign” ways, and never understand him just as he will never understand Gethenians. Just as the Gethenian lifestyle is foreign to Genly, it is foreign to us readers as well. The world that Genly comes from is one that is similar to Earth, so as readers we can feel the discomfort that Genly goes through while he’s in Gethen. I think that the world that Genly comes from is more diverse in all aspects of life, so when he goes to Gethen he feels a bit suffocated because of how uncomfortably similar everyone is. The author allows us to experience the foreignity of Gethen with Genly. Even though Genly has lived in Gethen for some time, the Gethenian “normal” never really becomes “normal” throughout the book, so there is a constant struggle for Genly to live comfortably without judgement. I think the theme of alienation is a common theme for science fiction novels, but it is even more prevalent to the reader because we are in the same shoes as Genly, and can easily understand how strange Gethen is to him.

Joshua Cabebe- Wave 1 Responder

 I think Genley Ai's struggle to see Gethenians as they see themselves is a situation comparable to transferring to a new school. I have personal experience as I went into Valley Christian a predominantly super occupied white school. It was easy to spot the short Filipino boy. Like I said, this is comparable to Mr. Ai's mission as he is used to certain aspects one obviously being a single gender rather than a sexless species. Since he is a human there are other features that make him very distinctive from the Gethenian world like for one he is noticeably taller(Page 8). He comes from a world like ours where we have certain views because of our gender based society. It also reveals how judgemental people can be looking at different people. He is used to seeing people have a certain gender and other traditions like perhaps the music that he mentions is "discordant"(Page 4). We are already introduced to him while he is 2 years into his mission. He's been there 2 years already and still he struggles to observe the Gethenian lifestyle. There are many little things that he tries very hard to see, like determining if they are a he or a she. However, he can't do that because they are gender less. Someone could be feminine but display other traits of masculinity. If there is anything that he might be along the line with is the planet's form of love, kemmer. He actually gets a little whipped when he meets the weaver, Faxe(Page 58).

[KC]: LHoD WAVE ONE Discussion Question

WAVE ONE:

Discuss Genly Ai's struggle to see Gethenians as they see themselves. What do Genly Ai's attitudes reveal about the world he comes from?

Reminder, your post should be between 250-300 words long. Anything shorter will not be effective. Also, include page numbers when you reference the text.

Wave 1 responders, you have until 6:00 pm Monday, January 22nd to post your response to this question. All other students in the class may comment on any of the LHoD posts at any time.

Who shall post:

Erandi Alvarez, Kenny Blackston, James Brashear, Joshua Cabebe, Jenica Chua, Abigail Cooper, Chelsea DeLeon Syyap, Jenna Desmond, Sebastian Eastin, Lauren Freeman, Darian Gomez

Remember, anyone can comment on these posts.  The total requirement for this novel is ONE blog post and TWO comments, and as always, I hope some students will EXCEED EXPECTATIONS and go ABOVE AND BEYOND this 1:2 minimum requirement.