Blog 3

Although Ms. Aaland says that we don't necessarily have to write about what we have recently read, I think that Chapters 13 and 14 were the most mind capturing captures throughout the book. Most of the time, I read The Left Hand of Darkness and I don't understand what's going on and who these new people and places are. In these two chapters, not only did I understand what was going on, I was actually interested in what I read.

In chapter 13, I had sympathy for Genly Ai because he was stuck in the truck. Not only that, he was naked, was only fed water, 2 of the other passengers died and were left on the truck. Also, the other people on the truck with Genly were people he did not know, nor did they strike up a conversation with each other.

What interested me most about this chapter was that Genly Ai didn't really question why he was there. In this chapter, he mostly spoke of what went on during the ride to the prison. I can't recall him wondering what he wrong. 

I also learned a softer side to Genly. You could tell he had a lot of compassion for the man that died because he was beaten badly and was hemorrhaging. He gave the man comfort as he died. Genly didn't know the man at all and had the courage to try to help. If I was in his shoe, I don't think I would have done anything because I would be too scared to even look at a man dying.

In chapter 14, we learn a lot of Estraven. We find out his true motives and that he really does want the alliance with his world and Genly's. 

When Estraven goes through the trouble of saving Genly, my entire opinion of Estraven changes. At first, I thought that he was a no good, two-faced person, because he was saying one thing to Argaven and another to Genly. I don't think that Estraven would put himself in danger if he didn't feel bad about what happened to Genly. 

When Genly finally wakes up after being rescued, I feel as his and Estraven's conversation is the climax of the story. We finally figure out the problem of what kind of person Estraven is and who's side he is on.