Mike answers “Anyone already finished & want to discuss...”

Stéphanie asked this question about Klara and the Sun:

Anyone already finished & want to discuss the ending?

Mike Life goes on, but not as before. AFs are becoming unwanted. Is 'lifting'? Genetic engineering sometimes doesn't turn out as the parent wants it to. Jo…moreLife goes on, but not as before. AFs are becoming unwanted. Is 'lifting'? Genetic engineering sometimes doesn't turn out as the parent wants it to. Josie's sister died from, shall we say, a failed lift off. Rick hasn't been 'lifted'. His mother couldn't afford the operation. Today, most of the parents who dearly want their offspring to succeed, pay for private education, if they can afford it. If they can afford it, a parent buys an AF for their child. Their child has an artificial friend. The poor get dogs. The homeless man has a dog--they are 'man's best friend'. The commodification of human relations continues apace. Such is Ishiguro's speculative fiction, Even though Klara acts with the kindness of a saint, she is finally consigned to the junkyard. The throwaway society is based on treating others as objects, not living subjects. Josie throws Rick away. Rick builds drones. Could an Eloi ever marry a Morlock?(less)

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