Left Hand of Darkness by Book Report

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The book is a reflection towards a packed society we live in these days where all human beings have turned a blind eye to the civil rights of the other people thinking that may be in one way or the other it can justify the current situation in the society (Silverberg 89).

Comparison

The two books highlight human race living in the future. The authors have highlighted futuristic vision of a society that humans of the today's world imagine. Peace with no wars, sharing and prosperity, no gender biases, no gender differences and freedom of choosing partners for making families is what makes a perfect world to live in. In the case of Le Guin's 'The Left Hand of Darkness', this concept has been carved out on a futuristic planet of human beings with no sexes and sex changes when they reach peak of their life cycles. Peace and fulfillment has been shown in this book in an absence of genders and sexes. Here, beyond the life styles adopted by human beings on the planet Winter, human relationships have been focused in an intense manner, when Ginly falls in love with a woman from the planet. Here the author highlights that in an absence of genders, the planet and the human community is in peace. This is a reflection to a great gender bias faced by the modern human society. Sex has been highlighted as main desire of human population in Robert Silverberg's The World Inside. Here again urban monads are in peace, with no wars and conflicts as the society is self-controlling and has its own rules.

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Increase in population to an uncontrollable limit is the main theme of the novel as with an increased desire of making families with random partners lead to an end of such controlled and well managed society. Peace in these monads is based on the belief of mutual sharing in the presence of scarce resources and taking care of the people around. Although futuristic and peaceful worlds are a common element in both books but in one case, genders and gender biases are considered as a factor of disturbance in a stable and a peaceful world and in the other case, a rise in the population.

Conclusion

Both books have sketched futuristic worlds more or less desired by nearly every human being on this planet. Modern world is struck by wars, issues, confusions, rising population, and scant resources that are about to end. These issues are nowhere to be seen in the perfect world sketched by the authors. The planets and monads are complete as there are no imperfect world's issues being faced by the people living in these perfect and complete worlds. Sharing and loving is the main aim of these people. Humanity has been highlighted in these novels at its highest level. The strongest points in 'The Left Hand of Darkness' is that peace can be created in the real world by focusing lesser on gender and more on human values.

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