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"as soon as the kid doesn't need it anymore (or wants a newer model) the robot is for the family to dispose of, as any other electronic object." I agree but think it's worse (i.e. more damning of all of us as humans) than that. We DO abandon super important people in our lives all the time. Housekeepers, nannies, and other servants are a perfect example, and Ishiguro has made them his protagonists again and again. What about the doctors and nurses who saved our family members during a medical crisis? or therapists who helped us in a crisis, etc. I'm not even saying we are evil or wrong always, but we do tend to avoid examining our feelings and actions around these things, in order to move on.
your comments remind me of the icky feeling the readers have when Rosa is bought from the shop. That the dad is not a safe place to be...
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Jul 04, 2021 01:03PM
"as soon as the kid doesn't need it anymore (or wants a newer model) the robot is for the family to dispose of, as any other electronic object." I agree but think it's worse (i.e. more damning of all of us as humans) than that. We DO abandon super important people in our lives all the time. Housekeepers, nannies, and other servants are a perfect example, and Ishiguro has made them his protagonists again and again. What about the doctors and nurses who saved our family members during a medical crisis? or therapists who helped us in a crisis, etc. I'm not even saying we are evil or wrong always, but we do tend to avoid examining our feelings and actions around these things, in order to move on.
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your comments remind me of the icky feeling the readers have when Rosa is bought from the shop. That the dad is not a safe place to be...
