Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Over the course of history, new knowledge and old knowledge has had a significant impact on human development and its importance should not go overlooked. Robin Sloan’s novel, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore, reveals that characters must value both old knowledge and technology in order to uncover the hidden secret to immortality. Ajax Penumbra’s value of old knowledge and his changing ways of accepting new knowledge are on display in the novel. As well as Clay Jannon who is building an understanding of old knowledge with an already vast amount of new knowledge that is easily accessible to him.
In this novel, old knowledge is constantly shown to be a factor whether a character is going to carry out and succeed with a plan. Penumbra himself represents a good example of someone who incorporates both old and …show more content…
The old knowledge that he has learned on carried along with him for years does not go to waste. Although the truth was different that what they had expected, his old knowledge will always be of some use to him in his life, and he can pass it along to his apprentice; Clay Jannon. Moreover, Penumbra accepts the new knowledge that Clay is presenting to him in the form of technology to help solve MANVTIVS and is willing to incorporate this into the Unbroken Spine to help them solve other codes in a more effective and efficient manner. In the novel, Penumbra displays that he is trying to adapt to and accept the concept of new technology, when the reader sees that he has bought a numerous amount of e-readers to help him get an idea of how this new idea of online books works. As his plan to bring new knowledge into the Unbroken Spine fails, he realizes he must take it upon himself to do so. This is to help him develop an understanding and a sense of new knowledge, which is ultimately going to aid him in his mission to solve MANVTIVS before his time comes. Penumbra’s value for technology progresses as Clay

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