Abstract
This paper will discuss the book "The Dispossessed" by Ursula Le Guin and seek the principles that make the two planets in the tale represent dualistic natures along the symbolism of Chinese thought. The main objective will be how the planets evolve under these circumstances and the way that the author attempts this. Also, an anarchist point of view will be described about the story and its ramifications on the tale within the scope of the planetary evolutions of the planets involved. By an overall analysis of the good and bad points of both philosophies, a better understanding of the basis of dualistic thought can be brought to the forefront.

Abstract
This paper relates that, in Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction novel "The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia", the protagonist Shevek, a scientist from the desert planet Anarres, travels to the neighboring planet Urras, an earth-like planet of capitalism, war and economic inequity. Chapter-by-chapter the author summarizes and analyzes this notable literary work. The paper concludes that, although, Shevek went to Urras to forge a relationship between it and his own planet, he ends up finding that a much larger universe lies open to him and his people.

Table of Contents:
Plot Summary
Chapter 1 Summary
Chapter 1 Analysis
Chapter 2 Summary
Chapter 2 Analysis
Chapter 3 Summary
Chapter 3 Analysis
Chapter 4 Summary
Chapter 4 Analysis
Chapter 5 Summary
Chapter 5 Analysis
Chapter 6 Summary
Chapter 6 Analysis
Chapter 7 Summary
Chapter 7 Analysis
Chapter 8 Summary
Chapter 8 Analysis
Chapter 9 Summary
Chapter 9 Analysis
Chapter 10 Summary
Chapter 10 Analysis
Chapter 11 Summary
Chapter 11 Analysis
Chapter 12 Summary
Chapter 12 Analysis
Chapter 13 Summary
Chapter 13 Analysis

From the Paper
"Takver is pregnant with their first child. Shevek completes the manuscript for his Principles of Simultaneity and learns that Sabul won't approve it for publication. Takver convinces him to let Sabul put his name on it just for the sake of getting it published, and, not surprisingly, Sabul agrees. That spring, Takver gives birth to Sadik, their daughter. By summer a serious drought has set in; rations become stricter as food shortages increase, and many people are assigned to emergency labor postings, such as on farms, to keep enough food coming in."

Tags:revolutionaries problems, communication barriers, wall isolation

Abstract
This paper examines how the history of the Native American is fraught with attempts to assimilate and with acts of dispossession and how the indigenous culture is multi-faceted. It looks at how Melissa Meyer, in her book, "The White Earth Tragedy", argues that Minnesota's White Earth Reservation of the Anishinaabe, or Chippewa, could have been an experimental showcase for assimilation, how the Dawes Act went awry, and how the Anishinaabe were dispossessed of their land and its resources.

From the Paper
"The Anishinaabe people were originally composed of a number of bands whose migratory habits brought them into contact with one another only on occasion. The introduction of settlers or Euroamericans (mainly French) into the area brought yet another element into their society. By the end of the nineteenth century there existed two major factions among the Chippewa of Minnesota: those of mixed blood and full blood conservatives. The Metis or mixed blood members of the tribe were interested in following the course set down by the government. They advocated assimilation and the inclusion of Western marketing. The conservatives, on the other hand, thought to preserve the integrity of the "old ways" by following the cultural agenda of tradition."

Tags:anishinaabe, chippewa, dawes, act

From the Paper
"THE DISPOSSESSED by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974)

The story is told in alternating time periods: present, past, present, then mostly past leading to the present.
In a section of the Milky Way Galaxy several light years from Earth, a genius 38-year-old physicist named Shevek is transported from his native home, the anarchist society moon of Anarres, to the mother capitalist and sexist planet of Urras. (Women must shave their heads and are forbidden male jobs.) There he will be awarded the Seo Oen prize in physics nine years late for his book "Principles of Simultaneity". He will also live among other scientists at Ieu Eun University while polishing his theory, the idea of which has two basic applications: instantaneous communication through light years ..."

From the Paper
"Works of utopian fiction have generally either failed as literature, or have succeeded only at the price of partially subverting the author's intent. The reason may be found in what the proverb that happy is the country that has no history, and its counterpart, reputed to be an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Good fiction is founded upon conflict, and conflict is precisely what is generally banished from conceptions of an ideal society. Just as one cannot write a very gripping domestic drama about a happy, placid society, so one cannot write a gripping social drama about a happy, placid society.

The temptation of the skilled utopian writer, then, is to create a counterpoint society to the ideal one, a corrupted society, and to place the two in conflict. The danger in this..."

Abstract
Louise Erdrich uses her disjointed multiple narrative style to represent the similarly fragmented lives of her Native American characters whose home lives and family values cannot be expected to be what mainstream America would consider "normal" because their native traditions are no longer intact. Everything that their ancestors once stood for has been destroyed. The original natives of this continent, are now outsiders, alienated from the value systems established by the newcomers in their own homeland.

From the Paper
"Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine is "a collection of interrelated short stories" ("Voices from the Gaps") with different narrators, about a group of Native Americans who are connected in confusing extended family relationships. As critics point out, telling stories in this disjointed way is part of the Anishinabe oral tradition in which characters evolve in stories told episodically over time (Stokes). Love Medicine centers around four Anishinabe* families, and although the Morrissey's, Lamartines, Kashpaws and Pillagers don't always get along, the underlying connectedness of the separate individuals is vital to these stories. In Louise Erdrich's world of dispossessed, alienated Native Americans, boundaries between families and kinship ties are often obscured and connections need to be discovered. For Erdrich's characters, biological ties and nuclear families are less important than tribal kinship."

Tags:american, Erdrich, literature, Louise, native, writer, characters, love, medicine, family, values

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This paper discusses how the non-authoritarian form of communism in Anarres in "The Dispossessed," by Ursula LeGuin, is shown to be a higher form of government than capitalism in A-Io. The writer explains that in A-Io LeGuin is attempting to expose the fragilities, weaknesses and problems associated with capitalism, while the political system in Anarres works on the principle of mutual help and community work. Anarres has its flaws too, including poor education, lack of freedom, inability to conduct research and lowering standards of human relationships, but is seen as a better world because profiteering is missing and people are working together to protect resources. The paper concludes that Anarres has thus a much better political system than A-Io on Urras.

From the Paper
"By assigning this form of governance a non-authoritarian flavor, the author has widened the gap between real world socialist government and the brand of communism found on Anarres. Thus when we conclude that communism appeared to be a much better form of government than capitalism, it should not entail that we are supporting the type of communism found in countries like Russia. This is because the anarchist element on Anarres had eliminated the need for a regular governmental structure."

Tags:paradise, competitiveness, cooperation, technology, insane, anarchy, religion

Abstract
This paper examines how the treatment of Native Americans by the early settlers and the later colonists of America has been a lesson in sorrow and despair. It attempts to show that not only was the dispossession of Iroquois land immoral and unethical, but in almost every instance illegal by any standards of contract and treaty as well. It also examines how often the Iroquois were represented by parties that were to benefit from their losses or simply not represented at all since the translation of the documents were often misleading or completely non-sequitur to the actual intention of the treaties and contracts involved.

Outline:
Prospectus
Introduction
The Land and the People are One.
The Patroons and Leasehold Estates
The Beginning of the End
The Father of Our Country
Time Marches On
The Last War Dance
The Trail not Taken
The Last of the Iroquois
Conclusion

From the Paper
"While there had always been many disputes over the Native American Territories long before then, the Iroquois would find that in 1785 New York and its then Governor, George Clinton, along with a company called The New York Genesee Land Company, would begin a process that would systematically remove them from their lands. First, The New York Genesee Land Company, an independent group of businessman, negotiated a 999-year-lease on the majority of Iroquois lands in New York State for the initial price of $20,000, and an ongoing annual rental fee of $2,000. The State charter had originally assumed full control over the governance of Native American territory which had been reserved to the Iroquois in 1768 by the establishment of a property line, west of which white men were forbidden to settle. The sale of any of the lands of the Six nations was reserved to judgment and prevue of the State alone. "

Tags:colonization, settlers, democracy

Abstract
Presents biographical data on the Nobel Prize winning American novelist's life and career. Centers on the structure of the 1939 book, THE GRAPES OF WRATH as Steinbeck's greatest novel. Contends the unusual structure of the novel helped portray the book's social themes. The plight of the Joads family as reflecting the problems of average citizens during the economic depression of the 1930s. Dispossession of migrants.

From the Paper
"American author John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902 and died on December 20, 1968. He was "known especially for realistic, compassionate novels of lowly people" (Bridgwater 1282). He was married three time and had two sons. In 1962, he was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
Steinbeck graduated from Salinas High School in 1919, intermittently attended Stanford as an English major and left before achieving a degree. As a young man, he worked as a fruit picker and a ranch hand. Pursuing a writing career, he moved to New York City, and worked for the American newspaper. He was unable, however, to get his creative writing published, and returned to California. In 1929 his first work, Cup of Gold, was published but poorly received, as were his next two novels..."

Abstract
The paper refers specifically to the Petan region of Guatemala and generally to the necessity of instituting economic development programs world wide, due to the inter relationship and dependency of countries on each other. This applies amongst other programs particularly to social, economic and political reform.

Outline:
Introduction
Access and control
Accumulation
Marginalization and dispossession
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Historically sparsely populated and with industries limited to slash and burn agriculture, the current interest in the region is challenging how the area can be effectively and responsibly used to jumpstart economic development in the region. The development however has also created social, political and economic conflict. The issues have ranged from delegitimation of land tenure, economic exploitation and the increase in incidence of crime including delinquency and drug trafficking. More importantly, efforts to control deforestation and land use have been severely criticized; leading to concerns not only for the ecological health of the Peten region but also is social and cultural value to Guatemalans.
In an assessment by Bernal and associates, there is an impression that developing industries are exploiting natural resources by companies who have advantages in terms of technology and capital. Though the movement has made efforts equalize access to land and resources but the industrial and social capacity of local interest groups are often considered insufficient to effectively utilize property or resources (Smith 211-214). Consequently, there is limited confidence in programs and social support or participation which in turn has impaired the effectivity of efforts to create social concern and significance for ecological issues "

Tags:democracy, development