Tuesday, February 26, 2008

You know, that person at that place over there somewhere...

Throughout all of Sputnik Sweetheart, just about every detail of the story seems to remain a little fuzzy and we never get the full story. It's never said what island they are on in Greece, or what really happens to Sumire during her disappearances, or provide an explanation for Miu's two bodied experience. These were just a few of the vague issues in the book that bothered me while reading about them. But then I read one of the lines from Document 1, where Sumire says, "That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way" (pg. 136). It made me realize that ultimately, there's a reason we are not told every little detail, sometimes things happen and we need to learn to just accept it. Although this is not always the case and there are plenty of times at which we should put out an effort to gain more information ourselves, there are also times in which the best thing to do is just accept the unknown.

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