American Sf And The Other Summary

American SF and the Other “American SF and the Other” is written by Ursula Le Guin. Ursula Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California in 1929. She earned a B.A. from Radcliffe in 1951 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1952. She wrote many novels that got published and one even became a television movie. She won awards for her novels too. She mostly works on novels that offer alternatives to male dominated science fiction. Learning about her work is important, because she gives a different view into the world of science fiction. She turns the table on normal male dominated science fiction and gives her opinion of what she thinks is important to science fiction and what needs to be changed (Le Guin). First, Ursula talks about how science
I don’t think that it is right that males can only be dominant in science fiction. Women should be well represented too. Her arguments are well thought out and she gives plenty of examples to support her views. I like the quote, “One of the great early socialists said that the status of women in a society is a pretty reliable index of the degree of civilization of that society. If this is true, then the very low status of women in SF should make us ponder about whether SF is civilized at all” (Le Guin) because it is one of her main points and I agree with it, because SF does not represent women well at all. Most of the times, women are there for show and do not play an important role in the plot. She has a strong argument and I think a good portion of people will have the same opinion as her too. I like how she puts real life science fiction movies or novels into her work to prove that the role of women is that they are there for show and play an unimportant role in science fiction. I don’t agree with how women are being made in science fiction, they should not just be arm candy for the heroes or men. They should have major roles in the plot or be heroes themselves. Le Guin ends with the quote, “And remember that about 53 percent, of the Brotherhood of man is the Sisterhood of Woman” (Le Guin). This quote is powerful, because it ties up her argument with words that give reality of our society. In conclusion, Le Guin is trying to make the point that women are underestimated and given an unimportant role in science fiction. She goes through her paper giving examples of how women are portrayed in science fiction. She states that women are given small roles and they should have bigger roles. She makes a big point that the roles of women in science fiction relates back to how our society views