The Dispossessed

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13

Themes

All Themes Freedom The Failure of Utopian Ideals Humility and Moderation vs. Ego and Excess Individualism and Isolation vs. Collectivism and Solidarity The People vs. the State

Characters

All Characters Shevek Takver Rulag Bedap Sabul – Atro Chifoilisk Kimoe Beshun Mitis Efor Vea Doem Oiie Tuio Maedda Keng Ketho

Terms

All Terms Urrasti Anarresti Pravic Iotic Odonians Propertarian Syndic Decad Holum Cetian Terrans Hainish DivLab PDC Archist A-Io/Ioti Thu/Thuvian Ansible

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All Symbols The Wall

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allegory Dialect Dramatic Irony Ethos Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Personification Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Stream of Consciousness Style Tone

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The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis Summary

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13

All Themes
Freedom
The Failure of Utopian Ideals
Humility and Moderation vs. Ego and Excess
Individualism and Isolation vs. Collectivism and Solidarity
The People vs. the State

All Characters
Shevek
Takver
Rulag
Bedap
Sabul –
Atro
Chifoilisk
Kimoe
Beshun
Mitis
Efor
Vea Doem Oiie
Tuio Maedda
Keng
Ketho

All Terms
Urrasti
Anarresti
Pravic
Iotic
Odonians
Propertarian
Syndic
Decad
Holum
Cetian
Terrans
Hainish
DivLab
PDC
Archist
A-Io/Ioti
Thu/Thuvian
Ansible

All Symbols
The Wall

All Literary Devices
Allegory
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Ethos
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone

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