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She Unnames Them Leguin Analysis
I found “She Unnames Them” to be a very odd story. Ursula K. LeGuin does a fantastic job supplying the reader with details so they attempt to understand this story. The story really confused me because I guess the woman unnaming the animals was supposed to be Eve. I wonder why she was going around unnaming the animals then goes back to them by the end of the story? This may have been because Adam did not give her any attention when she returned home. Was Adam mad at Eve? Was this story supposed to represent the time after Eve ate the tainted fruit from the snake? Is that was Adam was too busy for her? After reading this story, I was left with many unanswered questions. I feel like if the story was longer and had more details as to why the
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