The Dispossessed is a utopian novel. The author of the novel is Ursula Le Guin. The reader can observe the story of two different planets that are compared to two walls at the beginning of the novel. There is Anarres and Urrasti societies. Anarres people once belonged to Urrasti. However, they have decided to make their own society separately from Urrasti. Anarres are the followers of Odo who is a philosopher. These people decided to live on the planet that does not have centralized control, religion or government.
Urrasti and Anarres are the opposites of each other. In the novel Urrasti can be compared to Earth because it has a very similar way of control over the citizens. Shevek is a young scientists who is a bridge between these two planets. There are many odd things that are happening on Anarres. For instance, Shevek had everything but for his mother who one day just left him and never came back because it was something that she did not want to do. The other aspect happens at the older age the main hero is supposed to do manual labor while his peers went to get higher education. Also, Shevek’s theories are very brilliant and the scientists do not want him to go to Urras to share his ideas. Even though, this society seems to be very free and unprejudiced. Shevek faces many hardships that are based on the policies of this society.
In conclusion, Anarres is a planet which does not have controlled government. However, it is a disadvantage for Shevek a young individual who is full of ideas that he is willing to share with Urrasti who actually might use them. Therefore, the lack of policies still results in having certain policies.
Works Cited
K., Le Guin Ursula. The dispossessed: an ambiguous Utopia. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
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