Most noticeably, the United States is represented by the capitalist nation of A-Io and the Soviet Union by the socialist nation of Thu. Many definite parallels can be drawn between the novel’s extraterrestrial affairs and those of the Cold War involving the United States and the Soviet Union. In general the novel serves as a sci-fi metaphor for the infamous proxy war. The Vietnam War is one of the most important and identifiable influences on Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed.
We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.ĭiscuss the parallels between The Dispossessed and the contemporary Vietnam war. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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