What is THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS Really About?
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2023
- In this video I do an analysis of THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula K. Le Guin, and what I think it is really about.
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You really did a marvelous job articulating what makes The Left Hand of Darkness so brilliant. I read it, for the first time, a little over a year ago. It's one I've been meaning to read again, because of the richness of the themes. You touched on all the important details, if my memory serves. You picked the right passages to discuss. I'd love to see more of these kind of discussions. & i will be keeping up on your 100 SF book series.
Thanks, I appreciate that! Soon, I am going to attempt a similar video for Kindred by Octavia Butler, and Childhood's End by Arthur Clarke. Maybe Rendezvous with Rama, too, we'll see.
One of my very favourite books. I read this book 20 years ago in very harsh winter time on earth where I was at this time ;) and for me was always important message coming from importance of the one person messenger , coming to another word have more importance than the potentially many people coming and represent different world and ideas. Seems like is something about this concept that one person is more heard on the end than whole nations.
Second thoughts what I was wondering is title of the book... left hand not right hand and in symbolic general meaning is like left hand of god what is a judgment hand.
Thank you for your reflection of thoughts sir. I listened you with pleasure 🙏
Thanks for watching! Le Guin does seem to be making a commentary about the importance of a single messenger having a big impact on a society than if a whole bunch of people were sent. As for the title of the book, it is basically explained in the story itself: Light is the left hand of Darkness, a metaphor for the idea that everyone has both light and darkness inside them, as well as both male and female, and life and death.
great discussion, I read this book a few years ago and was so taken aback by all of its themes and really need to return to it. thank you for the discussion and quotes !
I appreciate that! I plan on doing more of these when I feel like a book has more going on than what's obvious. I am thinking of doing this for Fahrenheit 451, actually.
Thank you. Brilliant.
More please.
@@SpayAndNeuterChristians Thank you, and yes, I do intend to do more of these kinds of videos, for sure. At least, insofar as I can actually manifest the brain power to do so...
Great discussion.
Thanks!
Thank you for your work.
Thanks!
Nice video.
Thank you!
Helped a lot thanks
Glad it helped!
thank you ❤
You're welcome!
"Nationalism is politics for basic people." -- Beau of the Fifth Column.
Interesting! But what are "basic people" according to Beau of the Fifth Column?
@@inerdius I guess with "basic" he means what the Urban Dictionary says, in short: a total follower of the ideas of others, unable to think for themself.
@@inerdius BTW: Beau is a just a dude in a shed, but also a UA-camr, journalist, activist and a libertarian in the original sense of the word, before the likes of Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard. He's one of the more interesting people on BreadTube.
He has more sayings:
We still know where the pitchforks are.
A woman's place is wherever she wants to be.
Rule 303: If you have the means at hand you have the responsibility to act.
Most of you traded your country for a red hat.
On a long enough timeline, we win. Guaranteed.
Never kick down. Always punch up.
Seek equality in freedom, not equality in oppression.
Ideas travel faster than bullets.
Banned books are the best books.
A woman's place is in the revolution.
Your obligation to humanity does not end at the border.
Disobedience is a virtue.
There is no man behind the curtain. The world is just a scary place.
Ideas stand an fall on their own.
A good woman has to be two things: Who and what she wants.
U Brand pizza cutters - all edge and no point.
Being edgy is not actually a substitute for having a personality.
Your propaganda is bad and you should feel bad.
Fall in love, not in line.
Caring is cool.
Beyond America's border do not live a lesser people.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Ah, OK. I was assuming it was more along the lines of someone who is more apt to respond emotionally to symbols as opposed to responding rationally to ideas and concepts. Which, now that I think about it, is probably a quality of the definition you put forth.
Like the protagonist, I did not understand Estraven's perspective on Genly, the Ekumen, or the king until the last third of the novel.
Yeah, it was meted out in a way that really made me want to keep reading to figure Estraven out.
That was very cool. It's been twenty-five years or so since I read that book. Definitely due for a re-read. Should be one to feature on my podcast at some point.
Awesome, thanks!
The Handdara is basically Daoism.
Right, doesn't Le Guin actually state that explicitly somewhere?
@@inerdius Yes, I think so. I can't remember where.