In class today, we discussed the genre of science fiction
and how it can be multiple genres combined into one, as it is not the plot that
necessarily characterizes it as science fiction, but rather the way it makes
the reader question the reading itself. Commonly, the genre of science fiction
causes the reader to ask the question, “What if…”. I applied this theory to
“The World For World Is Forest,” a novel commonly characterized as science
fiction, and specifically asked, “What
if the author of this novel, Ursula Le Guin, is ultimately trying to make a
statement about the human race through her use of an alien/humanoid creatures?”
I think the answer to this question is yes.
In the novel, the Astheans fight back against the humans and kill them
without feeling any guilt or remorse. Here perhaps Le Guin is making a
statement that if humans are able to separate themselves emotionally from the
thing they are impacting, then perhaps humans are capable of doing anything.
However, if one was to take the emotion out of an action, can they really be
considered a human?
Post arguments, interpretative questions, and engaging responses on the week's reading.
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