And here comes Silverstein’s tenderest, most invigorating magic — when the missing piece becomes its well-rounded self, the Big O emerges, silently and without explanation. In the final scene, the two are seen rolling side by side, calling to mind Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s contribution to history’s greatest definitions of love: “Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”

This tale is an amazing testimony to the simplicity with which Silverstein has driven the profound message home in so few words, the way he has named these characters: the Missing Piece, the Big O… it’s genius!

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This was heartbreaking for the missing piece and eventually they both part ways, making the missing piece alone again. The Missing piece again finds someone that it thinks might be a perfect fit. It ha s now found the Big O.

In the 2017 movie The Upside, the character Philip Lacasse's love interest Lily Foley refers to The Missing Piece to subtly convey to him that she is not interested in pursuing a relationship. In these unbefitting rolling partners, one can’t help but recognize the archetypes implicated in failed friendships and romances — there are the damaged-beyond-repair ( “some had too many pieces missing”), the overly complicated ( “some had too many pieces, period”) the worshipper ( “one put it on a pedestal and left it there”), the self-involved narcissist ( “some rolled by without noticing”). A home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature.

No importa cuanto lea la primera parte de esta "saga", ni cuanto tiempo pase, este libro me encanta y lo amo, y creo que es esencial que todos lo leamos de niños...y de adultos. He nudges us lightly to the unexplored lane of self-love. His genius lies in the simplicity with which he has relayed his heartwarming tale. Behind his simple words lies the profound truth that there is no such thing as a perfect match. The Missing Piece Meets the Big O: Summary, Meaning and Plot Analysis

Una historia de menos de 50 páginas, pero que te deja una enseñanza muy linda. De nuevo Silvertein muestra en ilustraciones tan sencillas cosas muy complejas. Yo estoy un poco enamorada delos cuentos de este autor, pero creo que este lo pongo como mi favorito de entre todo lo que he leído de él (junto con un pequeño poema) así que yo lo recomiendo para pequeños, grandes, viejos, amargados y optimistas.

It proposes to roll with it only to be told in response that it could try rolling by itself. It finds the idea strange, the idea of a pointed missing piece to be able to roll by itself, nevertheless, she tries to explore that idea and Lift-Pull-Flop… Lift-Pull-Flop…. it was able to roll by itself! How many times have we turned into a ball of wax when we see Tom Cruise confessing to Renee Zelleweger in Jerry Macguire – ‘You Complete me’? Don’t stop trying