“We’re getting too smart. Our brains are just getting bigger and bigger, and the world dries up and dies when there’s too much thought and not enough heart”
When a human Ben used to be very sad, Annie remembers him sitting and saying to her these words. He was really concerned about everything negative what is happening to people because of themselves. They are the reason they suffer; people are trying to get to the stars and come to the understanding of every single thing in the world, they try too hard to get to the essence of everything that forget what it means to be a human. And when one forgets what it is to be a human, he or she lives being led not by feelings. The story touches the aspect of humanity and Ben’s words prove how far people have come forgetting who they really are.
“I review my memories and make sure they’re still intact because if he’s not here, then it is my job to remember”
At first, Annie did not realize completely that Ben is not to come back, but as time flies she started to understand that and became really upset. Only with comprehension that the past is not to return she tries hard to memorize every thing concerning Ben. She started to remind his words, actions and different details that would help her to remember. Remembering is symbolic in the story, it is not coincidence that the story is titled this way. People develop and differ from animals by nature of their feature of remembering.
“He said he hated talking and just wanting to look into my eyes and tell me things that way”
When Ben was yet a human, he used to be very sad about world and people, and continued saying that people talk and think too much. He liked to spend time with Annie and wanted her to be happy but he was not happy himself. It seems that Ben was tired of being a human, he turned to the methods of communication which are not peculiar for people which proves once more that he hated to be human. Also in the story, one strong point is a point of wishing and dreaming. Probably unconsciously, Ben wished to not be a human and what he wished for happened to him.
