Left Hand of Darkness Flashcards

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Ursula K. Le Guin

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influenced by Taoist philosophy

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extrapolation

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takes existing knowledge about the world and asks what if to create an imaginative world

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Kemmer

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the unique sexual cycle on Gethen determined by hormonal secretion and social connection

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Binary

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perversion

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Androgyny

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normal

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Shifgrethor

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a means of communication that is focused on saving face and prestige, it is a political doublespeak that functions in such a way to ambiguate rather than to clarify

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mindspeech

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telepathic communication-one cannot lie while using mindspeech. Minspeech is opposite of shifgrethor

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Genly Ai

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Ekumen

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Estraven

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Gethen

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Gethen

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Karhide and Orgoreyn

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Ekumen

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a confederation of planets

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Handdara

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the religion of Karhide (Taoism and Buddhism)

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Characteristics of Handdara

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1) mystical 2) no creeds 3) Tao, Yin and Yang 4) Nusuth (doesn’t matter) Wu Wei (do without doing) Via Negativa (getting rid of the ego) 5) Dothe: supernatural strength through meditation

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Tormer’s Lay

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creedal belief more concerned with wholeness

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Yomeshta

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the religion of Orgoreyn (Abrahamic)

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Universal Values

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1) Love 2) Unity 3) fidelity 4)loyalty

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common theme

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we are all on some sort of hero’s journey and values are a key in that journey