The Ying and Yang that Genly brings up can be traced to many aspects of the novel. It could be applied to the end of the story when it is revealed that Arek and Estraven have a child and the child can be considered a piece of the two melted into one, just as the ying yang symbolizes. I also thought of the ying and the yang when estraven and genly decided to share mind speech. Mind speech is a great sign of bonding as it involves letting a person into the mind, a place where all a beings secret’s are kept and a place where there Is nowhere to hide. With those two being able to flow in an out of each other’s minds, it could be thought of as yet another parallel of the ying and yang where the two are now bound together through allowing the other entrance into themselves.
The Ying and the Yang also could be seen as connecting Genly to Karhide. Genly at the end of the novel feels as though he is a native to Karhide , previously this had seemed unimaginable to him. Through the course of his journey in which he encounters natives, customs and kindness, and through his visit to orgota he comes to see what Karhide is and what it has to offer. He now carries karhide with him and has left a piece of himself there.
The Ying and Yang most show itself in the dual genders of the gethenians. Gethenians contain both male and female capabilities without having a set gender which ultimately showsthe idea of a little of each inside of a whole that the ying and yang represent.
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