Because of the image of AF Josie constructed by Klara, I decided to sketch the AF with some key details in mind. Firstly, I was sure to illustrate the emotions of fear and disappointment on her face. I did so by drawing an emptiness and a darkness in AF Josie’s eyes - there is no light or shine to them, and her eyebrows are intentionally furrowed in a shape that portrays a sense of dejection and sadness. Second, I sketched the back of her head with machinery exposed, despite Klara not having mentioned this type of detail. My reason for choosing to expose AF Josie’s mechanical components is that I wanted to visualize the non-human attributes that Klara implies in her description. From Klara’s perspective, there is something to Josie, possibly the kindness, the light in her eyes, that differentiates her from AF Josie. In fact, it is entirely possible that the fear and disappointment that AF Josie feels in contrast to the excitement and emotion of the real Josie is that, real Josie knows who she is with certainty. She is never made to feel like an imposter or a fake, while AF Josie, no matter how close of a replica to real Josie, will always be viewed as an imposter by all.
Among the many questions proposed by Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun,” is whether there is a characteristic that makes human beings distinct from machines. The uncertainty concerning the answer to this question is made evident in the moment that Klara first gazes upon the AF Josie. Klara offers a chilling description of the AF Josie: “her face was very like that of the real Josie, but because there was at the eyes no kind smile… the face looked disappointed and afraid.” In describing the AF this way, Klara creates an image of the AF in readers’ mind: AF Josie is but a frail, hollow, imitation of the “real” Josie, as Klara calls her.
Because of the image of AF Josie constructed by Klara, I decided to sketch the AF with some key details in mind. Firstly, I was sure to illustrate the emotions of fear and disappointment on her face. I did so by drawing an emptiness and a darkness in AF Josie’s eyes - there is no light or shine to them, and her eyebrows are intentionally furrowed in a shape that portrays a sense of dejection and sadness. Second, I sketched the back of her head with machinery exposed, despite Klara not having mentioned this type of detail. My reason for choosing to expose AF Josie’s mechanical components is that I wanted to visualize the non-human attributes that Klara implies in her description. From Klara’s perspective, there is something to Josie, possibly the kindness, the light in her eyes, that differentiates her from AF Josie. In fact, it is entirely possible that the fear and disappointment that AF Josie feels in contrast to the excitement and emotion of the real Josie is that, real Josie knows who she is with certainty. She is never made to feel like an imposter or a fake, while AF Josie, no matter how close of a replica to real Josie, will always be viewed as an imposter by all.
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