Post viewing draft - English

New vocabulary words

Patho: A quality that evokes sadness or pity.

Contrive: Create or bring about by deliberate use of skill.

Incasadescently: White, glowing, luminous with intense heat.

Themes and ideas

Klara is more human than most humans as she experiences feelings that no other robot experiences. She experienced a breakdown and what it felt like to be sad. 

What connections can you draw so far between Klara and the Sun and Blade Runner 2049? Some connections between both Klara and the Sun and Blade Runner 2049 is the idea of love and what it is. Love is more of what others think of you rather than what you think of them. In Blade Runner 2049 we see the love between K and Joi. K a replicant develops feelings for Joi who is an A.I. As the viewers we see the connection they both have with each other even though they aren't human. This can also be shown in Klara and the Sun. Klara is a robot and even though she is, she was able to develop feelings and emotions and have a more deeper connection with Josie.  

Another connection in both Klara and the Sun and Blade Runner 2049 is the discrimination we see. In Blade Runner 2049 we see discrimination as people who aren't "lifted" are looked down on. People who aren't lifted are looked down on because they aren't genetically modified so they aren't able to go to the school they want and are likely to get a job with less pay. We see this in Blade Runner 2049 as K is a replicant and is hated because of that. In Blade Runner 2049, replicants were made to do jobs better than normal humans. As there is an increase in replicants, more humans aren't employed and because of that, hate on repli

How has your understanding of what it means to the human/to have personhood changed since studying these texts? My understanding of what it means to have personhood now is about how aware you are and the feeling you encounter.  

Practice paragraph: Blade Runner 2049

In the scene where Officer K arrives home after work, we see the aspects of lighting combined with character is used effectively. For instance, when K is walking to his apartment the lighting is low-key and dim. It’s very dull, colourless, and bare of any objects. This can be compared with the character of K as he is lonely, hated and an outcast. The director combines these aspects to show the bleak outlook of the world K lives in as he’s isolated from everyone, and how his apartment reflects himself and how he feels. These aspects used were able to help the audience get an idea of how K is portrayed through his apartment. It allows us to understand that K’s life is meaningless and lacks any personhood. The combination of both the lighting and character in the scene help show his journey in figuring out if he was the special child. As the film progresses K’s character development changes and his personhood increases.