Website: The Atlantic "The Radiant inner life of a Robot"
Book: Klara and the Sun written by Kazuo Ishiguro
New Vocabulary words:
1) Personifies
2) Pathos
3) Disheveled
4) Incandescently
Definition:
Personifies - Represent qualities of a human
Pathos: A quality that evokes sadness
Disheveled: Making something untidy
Connections between Klara and The Sun and Blade Runner 2049?
They both have a way of showing discrimination against a certain group. In Klara and The Sun; those who are "lifted" has a better advantage than those who aren't lifted, thus non-lifted people are discriminated against. In blade runner; those who are replicants are more discriminated against as they are genetically edited to be 'better' than humans, which is why humans have a lot of hatred for replicants.
Another connection between the texts is love. Klara has a lot of love for Josie despite the fact that she is a robot. The same goes for Officer K in blade runner. K loves his Artificial intelligent girlfriend, yet she is also a robot.
Most important connection is personhood.
