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->->->-> JF connected at: Thu Feb  4 1999 22:04:45
JF>>hello?
JF>>
->->->-> CC connected at: Thu Feb  4 1999 22:08:13
CC>>Hi 
->->->-> JF_#2 connected at: Thu Feb  4 1999 22:08:33
JF_#2>>hi Cathy
CC>>i'm sorry I was a little late..my computer froze for
        a second
CC>>I wonder where the other girl is
JF_#2>>I was late too
JF_#2>>how many people are in our group?
CC>>So ...I guess we are supposed to talk about the book
CC>>What  do you want to talk about first? 
JF_#2>>let's talk about the androgyny
CC>>3 people
CC>>okay
JF_#2>>Was Barbara Brown saying that humans used to be
        androgynous, but not now.
CC>>I think that androgony is the main subject of the
        theme
CC>>this is gonna sound really stupid but how do actually
        define androgony?
JF_#2>>I'm not sure.  I can look it up.
JF_#2>>I means being neither distinguishingly masculine or
        feminine
CC>>I see...
JF_#2>>I think the Yang and Yin sign resembles male and
        female characteristics coming togeather to create a whole
CC>>I didnt know what it meant exactly becaus I got a
        different meaning in mind when I was reading the anthology
CC>>I thought it meant being both masculine and feminine
JF_#2>>true
CC>>What do dyou think the theme is ?
CC>>I think that men and women need eachother...its a
        natural balance of life
JF_#2>>the theme may be androgyny can bring human
        "wholeness"
JF_#2>>i also agree with what you said
JF_#2>>Is the "other" to us the androgyny since humans
        aren't anymore?
CC>>I have to admit I read a little more today...and I
        still have trouble 
CC>>with undersytanding the plot of the story
JF_#2>>what did you just write?
CC>>sorry...My husband was talking to me as I was
        writing..I guess I didnt make sense
JF_#2>>oh
CC>>I meant to say I read the biginning and the
        end...because I thought that I would nt have enough time to finish by
        today
JF_#2>>did you have any other ideas for the theme?
CC>>But I ended up reading the middle today...so All
        together I read the whole book
CC>>but..I am still confused
CC>>I think that the poem did verymuch have to do with
        ying yang...
JF_#2>>I agree
JF_#2>>I think the ying yang and the poem represent the
        whole story
CC>>also that androgony can be okay ...but only if men
        and women all stay androngonous
JF_#2>>the ying yang even represents the Eastern
        point-of-view LeGuin wants us to have
JF_#2>>true, androgyny will be difficult for the people
        who aren't
CC>>that is true about what you said
JF_#2>>Did you like the science fiction?
CC>>I HATE SCIENCE FICTION
CC>>I think that is why I had trouble reading the book
JF_#2>>I thought I liked science fiction until I realized
        I liked science "opera" instead
CC>>I was telling steve in our class that I cant even
        watch 5 minutes of Star Trek
CC>>Science Opera?
JF_#2>>See, I like Star Trek  (science "opera") but not
        science fiction like this book
JF_#2>>Which one is Steve?
CC>>The goofy one  with the black hair
JF_#2>>oh, thanks
CC>>haha
CC>>he's really nice
CC>>just a little silly
CC>>Well Jesse ..
<-<-<-<- JF_#2 disconnected at: Thu Feb  4 1999 22:34:09
<-<-<-<- JF disconnected at: Thu Feb  4 1999 22:34:09
CC>>I think our time is up
->->->-> JF connected at: Thu Feb  4 1999 22:38:25
JF>>sorry, i crashed
JF>>i'm back
JF>>Brown wrote "ambiguous equality must exist if
        unification is to occur"
JF>>what do you think?
JF>>
JF>>does that mean that in any society there will never be
        equality as long as the non-ambiguous exists?
<-<-<-<- CC disconnected at: Thu Feb  4 1999 22:41:40
JF>>well, i'm the only one left, bye :(
<-<-<-<- JF disconnected at: Thu Feb  4 1999 22:42:38
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