Antonina asked this question about Piranesi:
The ending sentence of the book...do you think Piranesi/M.R.S. had reentered his "Home" again permanently or traveled into another world? Or is that just a sentimental line? I thought I remembered reading that the Home had a tendency to shift or gain additions, so maybe he couldn't handle the real world and craved the Home too much (like Ritter), which could have been altered based on his new interpretation of life.
Maria I think the last line gives us the primary lesson from the novel: the whole world is like the House and we are all beloved children of the earth. We s…moreI think the last line gives us the primary lesson from the novel: the whole world is like the House and we are all beloved children of the earth. We should all treat the world with as much reverence as Piranesi treated the house and we should all trust the earth to provide for us if we care for it.(less)
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