Essays Tagged: "Le Guin"
The Ambiguous Utopias of Ursula Le Guin
s place, Dystopias, easily described as the opposite of a Utopia (a purely evil place where the people are suppressed). However, after this Utopias experienced a revival. They were mostly written by r ... Utopias experienced a revival. They were mostly written by relatively young Americans and were fuelled by the social renaissance of the 70's. Le Guin and some of her more outspoken critics, such as S ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Leguins omelas
Living out Omelas In Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," we find ourselves faced with a moral dilemma. What i ... Who Walk Away from Omelas," we find ourselves faced with a moral dilemma. What is it that we as people base our happiness on? The idea of societal and personal happiness is played out through the anal ... played out through the analogy of Omelas and the abandoned child. In this story, we are drawn into Le Guin's world by use of her vivid descriptions.Le Guin pulls us into Omelas with her first phrase ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Philosophy Essay: Does it make sense to say individuals can create their own moral rules?
individualistic judgements and perhaps universal and objective in nature. On the other hand, Ursula Le Guin's parable "The One's Who Walk Away From Omelas" delineates the conflict that exists between ... ubject to one's personal attitudes and values. However, if we delve deeper into ethics, it becomes clear that with any sort of objective grounding for morality, it makes absolutely no sense that indiv ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
"The Carrier-Bag Theory of Fiction" by Le Guin
of CustomerName of Customer's InstructorEnglish29 March 2010"The Carrier-Bag Theory of Fiction" by Le GuinThe essay "The Carrier-Bag Theory of Fiction" by Le Guin (1988) describes the importance of t ... escribes the importance of two dominant stories in the context of new pedagogies. These are the "killer story," focused on the collective concept of aggression, and the "life story," represented throu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature