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The Dispossessed | Topics for Discussion & Projects

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The Dispossessed Topics for Discussion

How is it significant that Odo was a woman?

Discuss the notion of free will as it plays out in this novel, both for the Anarresti and the Urrasti characters. Are any of them truly free?

Why do the Odonians reject religion?

Why is it important that Anarres is a desert planet?

How does the issue of place - the physical space that the characters inhabit - function in this novel?

What role do family relationships play in this story, and how do they relate to the Odonian notion of the community being the most important?

What does this novel have to say about the world we live in, represented by the Terrans in the story?

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