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Klara and the Sun (Paperback) - 『클라라와 태양』원서
Vintage / 2022년 3월
평점 :
What makes human, human.
“There was something very special, but it wasn’t inside Josie. It was inside those who loved her.”
I guess this one sentence shows what human is like. That we exist in the context of relationship with others and that very relationship is the thing which makes one individual special.
It’s quite ironic that Klara the robot understands human better than the real human Mr Calapdi. With her brilliant observation, Klara understands that every human has loneliness inside and that one individual cannot be duplicated just by mimicking its behavior. Maybe loneliness is what makes human a human.
During the text book, people keep mentioning on the loneliness. I’m sure one of the reasons people buying AFs like Klara is to make their child feel less lonely. Klara said she feels sad for those kids who cannot afford to have AF because they would get lonely without an AF. Josie is eager to spend morning time with her mother before her going to work because she does not want to feel lonely. When Klara spotted a woman in the Diner when Rick and Mr. Vance were talking, she also thought the woman looks very lonely since nobody from inside nor outside of the restaurant seems noticed her existence.
Humans flock together because of that potential loneliness and by doing that they may find their reason or rather purpose for their existence. The Mother asks Klara to continue Josie not for Josie’s sake but for her. She said she cannot live her life if Josie passes away like Sal and that is why she wanted Klara to be Josie. This may looks a bit selfish but I think ironically this is what makes our lives beautiful. It is impossible for us to live alone by ourselves severed from all others and that way of living life would only amplify the agony of inherited loneliness. Rather we easily can find our life worthy enough by loving others and sacrificing for those whom we love. Well, in this context I can say Klara, the AF lived the life more humane than any other human.
Mr Capaldi believed there was nothing special inside Josie and that couldn’t be continued. He told the Mother he’d searched and searched and found nothing like that. But I believe now he was searching in the wrong place. There was something very special, but it wasn’t inside Josie. It was inside those who loved her. That’s why I think now Mr Capaldi was wrong and I wouldn’t have succeeded. So I’m glad I decided as I did.
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