Teens and Le Guin: Digging into The Dispossessed
Wed, Oct 02
|Beloit Public Library Community Room (N)
Join us in the Community Room (North) at Beloit Public Library as we discuss the book The Dispossessed by Ursula. Le Guin with Beloit College Students. This is part of a fun, larger community read where community members can enjoy learning about Le Guin's impact in writing and in Beloit.
Time & Location
Oct 02, 2024, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Beloit Public Library Community Room (N), 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USA
About the event
The Dispossessed is well-suited for teen and advanced tween readers, although it does contain some mature themes. The novel includes a few instances of strong language (profanities), as well as brief but frank passages referring to sex, embodiment, childbirth, bullying, suicidal feelings, and violence. Chapter 7 ends with a brief but explicit scene of sexual assault (pp. 229-31), and Chapter 9 describes police gun violence that ends in suffering and death (pp. 301-07). Readers can still understand and enjoy Le Guin’s novel if they skip these sections.