A Left-Handed Commencement Address: Table of Contents
Introduction
The Text
Summary
Section 1: Discussing The Language of Men (1-24)
Section 2: Success Vs. Failure (25-39)
Section 3: In Which Women are Alienated Aliens (40-44)
Section 4: We Should Go Our Own Way (45-62)
Section 5: Her Hopes for the Graduates (63-68)
Section 6: Conclusion (69-74)
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Ursula K. Le Guin
Alfred L. Kroeber
Theodora K. Kroeber (nee Brown)
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
Indira Gandhi And Anastasio Somoza García
Themes
Quotes
Power
Power Quotes
Women and Femininity
Women and Femininity Quotes
Dreams, Hopes and Plans
Dreams, Hopes and Plans Quotes
Men and Masculinity
Men and Masculinity Quotes
Language and Communication
Language and Communication Quotes
Compare and Contrast
Margaret Atwood
Neil Gaiman
Gloria Steinem: "Living the Revolution" Speech
President Ronald Reagan: Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College
bell hooks (a.k.a. Gloria Jean Watkins)
Then and Now
The Text
Summary
Section 1: Discussing The Language of Men (1-24)
Section 2: Success Vs. Failure (25-39)
Section 3: In Which Women are Alienated Aliens (40-44)
Section 4: We Should Go Our Own Way (45-62)
Section 5: Her Hopes for the Graduates (63-68)
Section 6: Conclusion (69-74)
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Ursula K. Le Guin
Alfred L. Kroeber
Theodora K. Kroeber (nee Brown)
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
Indira Gandhi And Anastasio Somoza García
Themes
Quotes
Power
Power Quotes
Women and Femininity
Women and Femininity Quotes
Dreams, Hopes and Plans
Dreams, Hopes and Plans Quotes
Men and Masculinity
Men and Masculinity Quotes
Language and Communication
Language and Communication Quotes
Compare and Contrast
Margaret Atwood
Neil Gaiman
Gloria Steinem: "Living the Revolution" Speech
President Ronald Reagan: Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College
bell hooks (a.k.a. Gloria Jean Watkins)
Then and Now
Analysis
Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Yin & Yang
Parallelism
Simile
Allusion
Abstract Imagery and Language
Personification
Rhetoric
Structure
Tone
Writing Style
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Opening Lines?
What's Up With the Closing Lines?
Tough-o-Meter
Shout-Outs
Trivia
Questions
Glossary
Best of the Web
Quizzes
Quotes True or False
Historical Context True or False
People
People True or False
Deep Thoughts, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Deep Thoughts, by Ursula K. Le Guin True or False
"Guin" to Know You, "Guin" to Know All About You
"Guin" to Know You, "Guin" to Know All About You True or False
Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Yin & Yang
Parallelism
Simile
Allusion
Abstract Imagery and Language
Personification
Rhetoric
Structure
Tone
Writing Style
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Opening Lines?
What's Up With the Closing Lines?
Tough-o-Meter
Shout-Outs
Trivia
Questions
Glossary
Best of the Web
Quizzes
Quotes True or False
Historical Context True or False
People
People True or False
Deep Thoughts, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Deep Thoughts, by Ursula K. Le Guin True or False
"Guin" to Know You, "Guin" to Know All About You
"Guin" to Know You, "Guin" to Know All About You True or False