I usually am not a big fan of fantasy and to be honest when I first read the story about Ansarac I was a little bit confused and uniterested. Once we talked about it in class I realized the importance of what LeGuin was writing about. The Ansarac found it very imoprtant to maintain their way of life by restricting visitors to one spot where they can see some of the culture without actually affecting that culture in a way that would change it or lead to its demise. This reminded me of Ishi’s people once hidden away in the mountains to protect their lives from invading settlers and the improtance of maintaining a culture by not allowing people in to change it or destroy it. I also found it very interesting that she included a treck up a mounatin in the story, where the families disperse and leave no trace behind kind of like what the Yahi had tried to do but unfortunately it did not work out for them. The influences the story of Ishi has on Leguin’s story is very clear to see. The importance of preserving a way of life, of preserving diversity and of protection from outside influence were all themes in both stories.