The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() She kills her husband and her boss to keep her contact with the Trisolarans a secret, and she gives birth to a daughter, Yang Dong, who becomes a theoretical physicist. ![]() She is taken to the mysterious, remote Red Coast Base, where this belief (plus her access to technology and her knowledge of astrophysics) eventually leads to her contacting an alien race, the Trisolarans. This event, combined with her treatment as a political outsider over the next few years, radicalizes Ye Wenjie, who grows to believe that it’s impossible for humanity to save itself-an outside force is required to redeem it. Ye Wenjie, one of the central characters of the novel, watches her father die during a struggle session at Tsinghua University. The Three-Body Problem begins in 1967 in Beijing, China, during the Cultural Revolution. The protagonist Wang Miao's family name is Wang, and his given name is Miao. Following the lead of The Three-Body Problem, names in this study guide will be written with surname first. The Summary and Analysis sections proceed according to the novel’s structure. ![]() Note: This summary is written according to the order of the novel’s action on Earth, rather than according to the novel’s structure, which isn’t always in chronological order. ![]()
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