As the plot unfolds, it also reveals that the Urrasti civilization exists after the destruction of the Earth’s environment, and some of the alien characters with whom Shevek interacts are, in fact, humans-or “Terrans”- and are from Earth. In contrasting these two societies and experiences, the novel also contrasts capitalism and socialism, as well as different concepts of racial and gender hierarchy. The chapters in The Dispossessed alternate between the events after Shevek’s arrival on Urras, on the one hand, and his life on Anarres from his youth up until his departure, on the other. In addition, his act asserts that individual will must be allowed to reign in a truly revolutionary society he hopes that his actions will spur dialogue and change on Anarres. Shevek, an independent thinker who founds the Syndicate of Initiative, travels to the state of A-Io, a country on Urras, despite his countrymen’s disapproval and even protest, in the hopes of creating more exchange between the two societies. Upon settling Urras, Odinians refused contact with their former home, the planet Anarres: the only exchange between the planets occurs as mined goods are sent from Anarres to Urras electronics, petroleum, and other engineered supplies are sent to Anarres in return. Shevek is an Odinian physicist from the planet of Urras, a socialist planet without a central government that follows the teachings of the revolutionary Odo. The Dispossessed tells the story of its protagonist Shevek’s journey from his home on a desolate, isolated moon to the abundant planet around which his society revolves.
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