Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert A. Heinlein

A human being raised by Martians, newly returned to Earth; struggling to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while teaching his own fundamental beliefs in grokking, watersharing, and love.

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>>>>> CONCEPTS
Grokking - An unrushed, in-depth, passionate reflection upon a new person or thought; to empathize so completely as to understand intuitively, to establish rapport as complete as ego-death. The distinctively Martian quality of not just learning a fact, but in serenity coming to embrace it, cherish it, savour its bitterness, and accept its consequences.

 Rodin’s Fallen Caryatid through the eyes of Jubal Harshaw, the wise-but-cynical, “father-figure” character of the book:

This poor little caryatid has fallen under the load. She’s a good girl—look at her face. Serious, unhappy at her failure, not blaming anyone, not even the gods…and still trying to shoulder her load, after she’s crumpled under it.
But she’s more than just good art denouncing bad art; she’s a symbol for every woman who ever shouldered a load too heavy. But not alone women—this symbol means every man and woman who ever sweated out life in uncomplaining fortitude until they crumpled under their loads. It’s courage…and victory.
Victory in defeat, there is none higher. She didn’t give up…she’s still trying to lift that stone after it has crushed her…she’s all the unsung heroes who couldn’t make it but never quit.
~ Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land