Long time since I read the story, so I don't recall what was going through the head of the person who walked away.
I think criticizing the story is beside the point of John's post, though. He didn't seem to think much of the people who walked away either. I think he saw the real life situation where folks made one of two bad choices, and compared it to the story wherein folks make one of two bad choices. Whether Le Guin wrote the decision to walk away as a good/bad choice, I honestly don't recall.
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Date: 2011-11-10 07:24 pm (UTC)I think criticizing the story is beside the point of John's post, though. He didn't seem to think much of the people who walked away either. I think he saw the real life situation where folks made one of two bad choices, and compared it to the story wherein folks make one of two bad choices. Whether Le Guin wrote the decision to walk away as a good/bad choice, I honestly don't recall.