forced her into a life without meaning. There was a consistency in her life to shed all of the situations that were burdensome or of a "heavy" nature. "She felt emptiness all around her" (122) is how Kundera explains her feelings to the reader. A life without meaning or weight can be defined as being light. By starting a new life she severed all contact with her past life and was free of any old attachments and responsibilities to anyone but herself. She succeeded in
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