What I want to touch upon is George Orr, the main character. I wish to write about the ability to create a character which somehow manages to escape characterization. Normally, there's a lot to be found out from how other characters perceive the protagonist, how they describe him and in which way they talk to him and about him. In my opinion this is one of the most important things in characterization and the reason why I consider writing a first person narrative is pure bravery. 
 And then there's George. Other characters think about him, they talk about him, they talk to him, and all that attention seems to be completely irrelevant for his characterization. At no point did I believe he is a spineless pushover, a submissive. Not once. Not even when George himself seemed to have given up. 
 I am amazed at the fact that Ursula Le Guin somehow manages to keep him completely separate and create a character not at all dependent on her own writing. I cannot do it justice, I lack words to describe this ability to write a character without really putting him into words.