ABSTRACT
But if analytic thinking is a limited tool, what are the other tools that can complement it? The work of Ursula K. LeGuin is instructive on at least two different levels in the search for thought tools. First, she is interested in the problems of cultures meeting, individual personality and its relationship to culture, and cultural possibilities. Many of the voices of the characters that appear in her works directly offer cogent insights to many specific issues in cross-cultural understanding. Second, by choosing fiction rather than analytic discourse as the vehicle for these discussions, she is able to create something that goes beyond the skeletal portraits of culture.
