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Unformatted text preview:Discussion •Brecht wants us to leave thinking • They portray Virginia as oblivious • Galileo's apology to the church is not sincere •He feels guilty for recanting his research • His tone in life changes from the beginning of the book to the end of the book• It went from optimistic to regretful• In life many scientists retracted there work after Galileo • It was an optimistic and pessimistic ending• Makes you wonder what happens next • There is a lot of ignorance at the end of the play• Should we think there is hope for humanity? Or is it still going to be ignorance? 1