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The Father
Mr. Capaldi is a man who lives in the big city and has been hired by the Mother to make a “portrait” of Josie. In fact, however, the portrait is a lifelike Artificial Friend, and the plan is that Klara will learn how to be Josie, so that if Josie ever dies, Klara can inhabit the artificial Josie’s body. Many characters, including the Father and Melania Housekeeper, distrust Mr. Capaldi and even suspect him of being a pervert. In the end, Mr. Capaldi does not seem to be a pervert, but in his quest to be at the forefront of Artificial Friend technology he arguably disregards many of the important ethical questions that arise when trying to create an artificial duplicate of a living human.
Mr. Capaldi Quotes in Klara and the Sun
The Klara and the Sun quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Capaldi or refer to Mr. Capaldi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part Three
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“These folks surrounding her. Am I to assume they’re aliens? It almost looks like instead of a head, they have, well, a giant eyeball. I’m sorry if I have this all wrong.”
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Part Four
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I turned the corner of the L and saw Josie there, suspended in the air. She wasn’t very high—her feet were at the height of my shoulders—but because she was leaning forward, arms outstretched, fingers spread, she seemed to be frozen in the act of falling. Little beams illuminated her from various angles, forbidding her any refuge. Her face was very like that of the real Josie, but because there was at the eyes no kind smile, the upward curve of her lips gave her an expression I’d never seen before. The face looked disappointed and afraid.
Part Six
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“Klara deserves better. She deserves her slow fade.”
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Mr. Capaldi Quotes in Klara and the Sun
The Klara and the Sun quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Capaldi or refer to Mr. Capaldi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part Three
Quotes
“These folks surrounding her. Am I to assume they’re aliens? It almost looks like instead of a head, they have, well, a giant eyeball. I’m sorry if I have this all wrong.”
Related Characters:
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Explanation and Analysis:
Part Four
Quotes
I turned the corner of the L and saw Josie there, suspended in the air. She wasn’t very high—her feet were at the height of my shoulders—but because she was leaning forward, arms outstretched, fingers spread, she seemed to be frozen in the act of falling. Little beams illuminated her from various angles, forbidding her any refuge. Her face was very like that of the real Josie, but because there was at the eyes no kind smile, the upward curve of her lips gave her an expression I’d never seen before. The face looked disappointed and afraid.
Part Six
Quotes
“Klara deserves better. She deserves her slow fade.”
