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Klara and the Sun


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What do you make of Klara's response about the finitude of metaphorical rooms in Josie's heart? Would you say you've been able to explore and learn all the rooms of your own heart, or another person's?

Created: 02/24/22

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davinamw

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What do you make of Klara's response about the finitude of metaphorical rooms in Josie's heart? Would you say you've been able to explore and learn all the rooms of your own heart, or another person's?

Klara and Paul share a moment of concern and consideration regarding her ability to learn Josie's heart, which he describes as: "Rooms within rooms within rooms . . . No matter how long you wandered through those rooms, wouldn't there always be others you'd not yet entered?" (216). What do you make of Klara's response about the finitude of such metaphorical rooms? Would you say, in your own experience, you've been able to explore and learn all the rooms of your own heart, or another person's?


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kimk

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RE: What do you make of Klara's ...

I think Klara's wrong to believe she'd be able to know all the rooms of Josie's heart. She could potentially know a lot of it, but I think it's unlikely she'd capture every nuance. Not to mention those rooms keep changing/shifting as one ages and has more life experiences.


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Jessica F

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RE: What do you make of Klara's ...

The rooms of one's heart are constantly changing. We would never be able to know all the rooms of another person, and it would take a LOT of self-work to truly know each and every room of ourselves.


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