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Shevek

A physicist from Anarres who travels to Urras in pursuit of intellectual exchange and a theory that can connect distant worlds.

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Physicist, partner, and border-crosser

From Chapter 1

Shevek

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Ideas illuminated

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Role in the story

The Dispossessed

Encountered by Chapter 1

Physicist, partner, and border-crosser

Shevek wants to finish and share his General Temporal Theory, but discovers that crossing a wall does not mean leaving institutions of possession behind.

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