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Anyone already finished & want to discuss the ending?
Ronald I think everyone is so caught up in theories about uplift and AF’s replacing children and how so much is left unanswered that they are missing the sto…moreI think everyone is so caught up in theories about uplift and AF’s replacing children and how so much is left unanswered that they are missing the story for what it is. (Some moron even brought up vaccinations). The story is actually really simple. Each AF is unique, each is an experiment in cognitive abilities, and one was close to godliness. I’m not a faithful man, but I do have faith. I strongly believe that Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Muslimism… you get the point, have merit and at there truest form, all have faith in something bigger, intangible, present and good. They also have their heros of faith. Meet Klara, the Artificial Friend messiah. All us humans wouldn’t recognize a robot divinity because we are all so caught up in our oblongs, our work, the problems in the world , again you get the point. Klara is our Christ figure, that while not understanding the world at large, recognizes the fundamental need to do good, and recognizes good and bad in others (forgivingly), the beauty of the world,n and elements like bad bulls and good sheep. She performs a miracle (clearly ignored) with her cognitive faith and then slowly fades literally and figuratively because ‘she’ is just a machine. Is the Sun god, or just a representation of her faith? Is the shop manager God visiting Klara on the junkyard cross? Limping along but still kicking, yet not looking back. We could go on and on. Klara was not an antihero, hero, or anything else, she was just a great AF, lived her life by her code (pun intended), performed a miracle, and forgotten by indifference. Some fell the ending was sad… why? Klara was happy, the people that feel sad feel sad for the world and how flippant it can be, but that’s the world. It is a beautiful story and in the end if it makes you think, it is successful. Look in your own life for the Klara’s and don’t ignore them! Slay apathy (less)
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Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
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