The Word for World is Forest
The question
of what is man, what classifies one as ‘man’ comes up a lot in the text. To the Terrans, or humans, in the text, this
term is defined as being human. To
Davidson, the Athsheans are not man since they are not like him or other humans
from earth so therefore he does not treat them the same. On the other hand, to Selver who is an Athshean,
and other ‘alien’ races, the term man is used to define living humanoid creatures. This difference in the term causes for there
to be distinct differences in the way that races react towards one
another. For the Athsheans, they treat
everyone in a nonviolent manner since they view other races as still being like
them. For humans, people like Davidson,
treat Athsheans as though they are animals since there is no connection of the ‘alien’
race being men like them. This coupled with
the fact that humans have the tendency to commit violent acts towards each
other brings up the question about if humans can really consider themselves ‘men?’
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