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I also was relieved that Klara's damage didn't appear to be longterm, though in the end her fate was as heartbreaking as if it was. And I do agree with you about the father, especially when you lay it out so simply. But there were moments when I thought, "Hmm, maybe he does want to believe that Klara possesses some sort of magic or ability to heal Josie." But I do think you're spot on.
And as for Manager's limp, maybe she was "lifted" as a child and it didn't quite take? Maybe she even had an AF herself and was so fond of it that she ended up pursuing a job where she could be around them all the time.
I like that we don't know the answers to these questions, but that we have them. The beauty of what Ishiguro does in his novels. This is his third I've read (Never Let Me Go and Remains of the Day being the first two)... and I can't wait to read the rest.
I agree that the manager limp means something. It was Josie that had the limp, Klara just imitated it for the mother. So was the manager Josie's real mother? OR was the mother the manager? The barn had things in it from the store, IJS...
I thought the manager's limp was because she was old now and developed a limp and they were trying to portray that a great deal of time had passed.
My quesitons are about the sun healing Josie - what really happened there? I think that Josie was lifted but that was a dangerous procedure and could easily make the child ill but what about that precise moment made her suddenly make a turn for the better? Why did the sun revive the man and his dog? Did they just get hot? Also, I think Klara praying to the sun was a little jab at religion on the author's part.
I don't think Josie would have been able to talk about the different types of AFs, as the Manager did . . . but of course Klara's mind could have created parts of the discussion. My first thought was that maybe the Manager herself had been lifted and recovered from the same side effect Josie had, which might have begun re-manifesting itself as she aged. I agree that a careful writer like Ishiguro wouldn't have included the detail simply randomly
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I also was relieved that Klara's damage didn't appear to be longterm, though in the end her fate was as heartbreaking as if it was. And I do agree with you about the father, especially when you lay it out so simply. But there were moments when I thought, "Hmm, maybe he does want to believe that Klara possesses some sort of magic or ability to heal Josie." But I do think you're spot on. And as for Manager's limp, maybe she was "lifted" as a child and it didn't quite take? Maybe she even had an AF herself and was so fond of it that she ended up pursuing a job where she could be around them all the time.
I like that we don't know the answers to these questions, but that we have them. The beauty of what Ishiguro does in his novels. This is his third I've read (Never Let Me Go and Remains of the Day being the first two)... and I can't wait to read the rest.
I agree that the manager limp means something. It was Josie that had the limp, Klara just imitated it for the mother. So was the manager Josie's real mother? OR was the mother the manager? The barn had things in it from the store, IJS...
I thought the manager's limp was because she was old now and developed a limp and they were trying to portray that a great deal of time had passed. My quesitons are about the sun healing Josie - what really happened there? I think that Josie was lifted but that was a dangerous procedure and could easily make the child ill but what about that precise moment made her suddenly make a turn for the better? Why did the sun revive the man and his dog? Did they just get hot? Also, I think Klara praying to the sun was a little jab at religion on the author's part.
I don't think Josie would have been able to talk about the different types of AFs, as the Manager did . . . but of course Klara's mind could have created parts of the discussion. My first thought was that maybe the Manager herself had been lifted and recovered from the same side effect Josie had, which might have begun re-manifesting itself as she aged. I agree that a careful writer like Ishiguro wouldn't have included the detail simply randomly
I’m still working out the managers limp. Yes, must mean something. Ishiguro has such a genius soft touch, he doesn’t batter the reader to reach a certain conclusion. He allows us to find it ourselves. Another reason I love his books so much.
I agree the Father was not thinking of Klara best interest. He knew she could not affect pollution by disabling one machine. He was concerned about the plan of her becoming a substitue for Josie. He voiced this several times. He just took an opportunity to possibly sabotage the effort. Thankfully, Klara did not seem to be hurt.