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.