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Never Let Me Go
The novel points a dystopian future where human beings are cloned to provide a supply of organs for transplant. This practice, while based in science and a plausible topic for a work of speculative...
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Until the students learn the ultimate truth, i.e. that they truly have no future and that there are no "deferrals" for those who claim to be in love, there is a glimmer of hope that they might be...
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This is a big question, one that drives a lot of the novel's tension. First of all, if you haven't already done so, you should definitely read Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go because it is a beautiful,...
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To write your essay, you'll first want to develop enough of a thorough understanding of the themes in the book that you can write your thesis. Below are some thoughts you might consider. Kazuo...
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Miss Lucy is teaching a poetry lesson to her English class and the topic of conversation falls on soldiers held in World War 2 prison camps. "One of the boys asked if the fences around the camps...
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The first, and most obvious, parallel is between Frankenstein's monster and the clones in Never Let Me Go. Not only are both "abominations" of a kind, in that they are creatures that are not...
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The two main female characters in Never Let Me Go, Ruth and Kathy, can offer some insights into the ways women are portrayed in the novel. In terms of presenting opportunities for dramatic conflict...
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Though we come to know protagonist Kathy and her friends Ruth and Tommy as real, feeling people, the story unfolds to reveal the strange lives they live as not-quite people. Kathy and her friends...
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Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, is about the childhood of narrator Kathy and her friends Ruth and Tommy. The three grew up in a boarding school for children who are clones. As adults, most of...
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For one, consider that the faculty and staff at Hailsham are asking the same question you are: What should the children know? What's ethical for them to know? What's right? You might look...
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A Motif is a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition, and Never Let Me Go is rife with them. AnimalsThe book is full of animal imagery -- the kids at Hailsham...
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One way that Ishiguro is able to use Tommy to explore ideas of love and loss is in how Tommy strives to find hope in both. Ishiguro constructs Tommy as highly optimistic. He strives for the...
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Tommy has difficulties with discipline and social conformity. He acts out in school and his misbehavior gets him into trouble. The society portrayed in Ishiguro's novel imagines a subculture in...
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The golden cage image (or what is also commonly called a "gilded cage") is one that suggests one lives in luxury but without freedom. Hailsham appears to be a very high quality boarding school in...
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Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go is set in a dystopian alternative world in which clones are raised to provide a supply of organs for non-clones. Kathy, the...
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The reason behind putting so much emphasis on creativity is revealed later on in a discussion between Miss Emily, Marie-Claude, Tommy, and Kathy at around page 239. During this discussion, Miss...
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The original question had to be edited. I would suggest that one reason why humans are presented as a social group is that the humans represent where the clones wish to be. The clones, as a...
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I think that one way in which the students' conformity is fundamentally different is rooted in a fear of unknown. To an extent, perhaps Ishiguro is making a statement about all conformity rooting...
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I would argue the major connection between both of these texts is the impossible love that lies at their core. For Ishmael and for Hatsue, just as for Tommy and Kathy, both couples eventually have...
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Colour in cinema is often full of meaning and symbolism. This film is a futuristic story that is told in a fairly realistic style, but it is also layered with emotion in a way that underscores its...
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The major connection between these two texts comes in the way that both Kathy and Gogol, as the protagonists of the two novels, have to move towards acceptance and discovery of their true identity....
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I had to edit down the original question. I think that one of the largest implications of Ruth's early completion is that it enabled Tommy and Kathy to become emotionally close. If only for an...
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Awesome question. Really makes you think. This one is a keeper! I think that one of the fundamental issues of a rubric of any kind is that it shows choices in what is valued. A teacher that...
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The discussion of the Morningdale Scandal and the entire premise of Hailsham helps to bring out the basic idea of social indifference. The first is how mainstream society is quite effective at...
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In the most literal of senses, I don't sense that there is much of a choice. Ishiguro establishes the donor condition in the novel as one in which accepting one's fate is to face destruction in...
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Outside the school?
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We receive a full description of Chrissie and Rodney in Chapter 12 of this poignant novel. They are a couple who Kathy and her friends meet when they leave Hailsham and go to the Cottages, which...
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I think that the social setting in which the clones find themselves might resemble a condition in which human beings have become "monstrous." Ethical issues of cloning put aside, I think that the...
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A key theme of this excellent text is the way in which the clones are treated at Hailsham and by society in general, and in particular how they are not told the truth initially, and then only fed...
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The notion of loss is shown to be one that is intrinsic to the reality of the clones. Kathy and Tommy, in particular, are shown to accept the condition of loss as a part of their being. Loss is...
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Tommy is presented in a manner that reflects some immaturity, some moments of intensely powerful insight, and in a condition where the pain of powerlessness is felt on a personal level. Tommy is...
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I think that a theme that is present in a couple of Ishiguro's works that is also seen in Never Let Me Go is the manipulation of individuals by a larger element. This manipulation is done to...
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One of the massive mysteries of this brilliant, disconcerting novel is the way in which Kathy and the other clones seemingly are compliant and never try to rebel or to escape the fate that they...
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One of the most defining characteristics about Kathy as a charater and how she develops from childhood to adulthood is the way in which she becomes more and more accepting of her lot in life and...
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I think there are a number of different strategies that Ishiguro uses in this wonderful book. Firstly, we can see that the central strategy he uses is raising our curiosity about these seemingly...
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I think that Ruth's function as a clone is significant to her characterization. Indeed, she functions as a clone, as one will be harvested for others. Yet, her entire being until the end of her...
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Indoctrination is a key element of this novel, as the clones are brought up to learn very quickly about their "special" status and the ways in which they must not engage in activities that will...
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The massive restriction that the central characters face as clones is that they are not free to live their lives as they would like and that they do not have ultimate control over their futures....
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Well, there are two ways of responding to this question. Firstly, we could start by stating the brutal facts of the novel. As Miss Lucy tells the confused students in class at Hailsham, they are...
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One answer, hinted at in the film version, is that the clones are under constant surveillance. This is shown several times when they enter or leave their dwelling and run their wrist past an...
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In chapter 12, the idea of a "possible" is raised and discussed as the normal person that a clone was cloned from. Chrissie and Rodney talk about a person they think might be the "possible" for...
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Actually, when Ishiguro says trash, he doesn't necessarily mean physical trash. Remember what Ruth said about the woman being her possible. She said that donors are modelled after trash (the...
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This event occurs in Chapter Four, as Ruth is first introduced to us at Hailsham when she and Kathy first begin to play together. Kathy remembers an event when she is playing in a sandbox with...
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This is one of the most tragic points in the novel, in my opinion. Let us not forget the context of this trip to revisit Madame. They believe that Madame and their former headmistress is able to...
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Let us remember that the goal of all the clones is to feel like they are proper humans and that they are not "farmed" for the exclusive use of humans until they die. This is where the myth that...
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In some respects, Miss Emily's geography instruction in chapter 6 is highly significant to the plight of the students at Hailsham. The idea of a "lost corner" is highly relevant. Miss Emily's...
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Ruth, as her name suggests, has a ruthless quality that drives her to behave in self-centered ways. Her understanding of her fate is driven by strong feelings of self-preservation, and she is...
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In Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go, Miss Lucy is a teacher at Habersham who encourages her students to create works of art. Spoiler alert in next sentence. She does not push Tommy at first...
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Miss Emily and Madame share the belief that art reveals the soul of the artist. If the clone's art might be seen as soul revealing, then it could be argued that the clones have souls. If it might...
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This was an incredibly moving story to me, and discussing it in a literature circle is something I would love to do. Here are some discussion questions that come to mind immediately: 1. How can...
