The Earthsea Trilogy/Fridge: Difference between revisions

== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ==

* While I'm not repelled by its political views, I agree with those on this site that look at [[Trilogy Creep|''Tehanu'']] feels like [[Canon Dis Continuity]] compared to ''[[The Earthsea Trilogy]]''. However, it recently occurred to me that given that she was the one who described the "Mrs. Brown problem" in the [[Turkey City Lexicon]], LeGuin may have had a subtler message than extreme feminism. In a typical fantasy book (which the first three ''Earthsea'' novels kind of are), protagonists have magic powers or are otherwise special. Middle-aged housewife Tenar and de-powered Ged are out-of-the-loop in this respect, and the book can be seen in this way as a [[Deconstruction]] of how a fantasy world is for the "little people." -- [[Jordan]]