Exploring voice in ‘Klara and the Sun’
I can explore the ways that Ishiguro crafts a unique voice in 'Klara and the Sun'.
Exploring voice in ‘Klara and the Sun’
I can explore the ways that Ishiguro crafts a unique voice in 'Klara and the Sun'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Ishiguro crafts Klara as an ambiguous narrator, leaving us to decipher her true nature.
- 'Klara and the Sun' is set in a futuristic dystopia.
- Klara is an AI companion for children.
- Ishiguro blurs the line between robot and human in his crafting of Klara.
- Ishiguro crafts Klara as the future voice of AI, perhaps subverting our traditional expectations about AI.
Common misconception
We have to know everything about a narrator and their world in order for a story to make sense.
Through slow crafting of a voice, we can let our reader work out the true nature of our narrator, world and characters as they read.
Keywords
Ambiguous - not having one obvious meaning
Dystopia - relating to an imagined society in which people live dehumanised lives
Compelling - if something is compelling, it makes you believe it because it is so strong
Equipment
You will need access to the opening of Ishiguro's 'Klara and the Sun' for this lesson. We will be reading the first 16 paragraphs of Chapter 1.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of upsetting content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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