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Kazuo Ishiguro

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Understanding Stevens

In this chapter, they discuss the character of Stevens in the book and how the readers start off finding him unsympathetic but eventually sympathize with him. They explore the idea of understanding someone after initially disliking them, and how the figure of a butler serves as a metaphor for political power and suppressing emotions.

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