Never Let Me Go And Ally Condie's Matched: A Comparative Analysis

| Tom wants his old life back prior to the accident and he sees the accident as the end of his life as he knew it. He loses his sense of identity and sense of family in particular.Feels guilty and ashamed about the irrevocable consequences his brother’s irresponsibility had for other people and their familiesRetreats into a depressed state which feels empty and black.

The theme of education is strong in all the past readings and research throughout the class. Institutionalized learning versus self-learning and the fact that education through institutions can sometimes fail the individual in the sense of systematic learning compared to academic knowledge. In Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, the institution of Hailsham helps shelter the clones, yet inhibits them. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Creature learns languages from his neighbors. The lack of an academic system causes a form of self-teaching. While self-learning is a form of self-realization as mentioned in Walter Kirn’s article “Lost In Meritocracy” Kirn learns from his experiences, Ellison from Invisible Man learns “street smarts” similar to the clones in Never Let Me Go in which the clones are also self-taught. In Frankenstein, the Creature learns from Victor, who is a selfish man who never loves the Creature. A cultured education is stemming from a higher self of education, which is self-experience enlightenment, instead of academic institution whose instructors do not know how to convey the information correctly in the example in Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, the guardians not being able to teach the clones of their origins or properly educate them to be human. Consequently, producing the clones have a wrapped sense of information and education which makes them unnatural in mannerisms.

Ferenczi and it also helps me learn about Tommy.Tommy seems to have traits that go well with Ms.Ferenczis traits. Tommy is perceptive and notices many minor details that some people may not notice. Ms. Ferenczi has a very interesting personality which goes well with Tommy’s keen instincts. Using his instincts, Tommy is able to enjoy the interesting stories and facts that Ms. Ferenczi tries telling the students in the class. “‘I don’t like that word either,’” Ms. Ferenczi whispered…” ( p.50 L. 245), this shows that Tommy has similar traits to Ms. Ferenczi. We also notice that over time he seems to be doing weird things over the course of Ms. Ferenczi’s substituting. On page 57, he lied to Carl Whiteside just to defend Ms. Ferenczi. On page 58, Tommy eagerly explained every single little detail about Ms. Ferenczi interesting facts to his mom. Then, on page 69, he went as for as punching Wayne just because he was the reason of Ms. Ferenczi’s departure. This pattern of unusual behavior revealed Tommy’s need for Ms. Ferenczi. At first she was a mysterious and weird stranger, and the next thing you know it, she becomes Tommy’s

This part of the story also makes a connection between Tommy and Plinio which that is that they both felt as if there dignity was humiliated in front of Mavis and they tried to out do each other but it all got out of hand causing them both to loose all of the respect that they had. For example Tommy's friends all left and Mavis was bewildered at Plinio.

How would you feel if your parents controlled your every move in life? You wouldn’t like it, would you? In Ally Condie’s novel Matched the Government is very controlling. To show, how controlling the Government is Condie uses repetition, dialogue, and inner thinking. Throughout the book, the Government is a central idea. The Government makes all the big and small decisions for the people, for what job the have or who they marry or how many kids they have. They also kill people on their eightieth birthdays. They do all of this to make sure that people don’t get out of line or god forbid make their own decisions. Ally Condie uses repetition, dialogue, and inner thinking to show how controlling the government is.

In “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story” by Russell Banks, the main character Ron believing himself to be so much more above the woman he once dated because of his great looks. Ron was a successful lawyer in the state of New Hampshire when he met a woman named Sarah Cole. Except there was a catch—Sarah Cole was the most homely woman Ron had ever seen. Despite that, Ron and Sarah eventually engage in a relationship that would soon take a turn for the worst. Now, 10 years later, Ron tries to relive those past events with Sarah, to figure out what if what he had done to Sarah was wrong. Ron comes to the conclusion that he mistreated Sarah because he was so

Tommy and his mates are in a critical part of their lives. They are growing up and if they can’t find imagination now, they’ve likely lost

Both Tom and Samantha are arrogant in their confidence as young Australian’s, feeling that their terrible experiences and situations are unfair and that other people should be held accountable. Both texts reflect the different ways in which individuals respond to growing up or transitioning into a new phase of life. “At least its not contagious” and “The story of Tom Brennan” are both similar in that they both face their difficult situation with determination and bravery to move into a new society.

In both texts, fate is considered to be determined by a person’s position in the respective social hierarchies. While Ishiguro explains in his novel that most people accept their fate, Niccols demonstrates through the character of Vincent that each person has the power within themselves to create their own fate. Ishiguro adopts a non-linear storyline, where the majority of the novel consists of structural flashbacks into Kathy H’s life. The novel begins at the end, where the reader learns that the narrator’s name is “Kathy H” and that she has “been a carer now for over eleven years”. The fact that Kathy H explains at the beginning of the novel about her compliance with the cloning program foreshadows how all clones, including herself, will ultimately “complete”. Ishiguro structurally employs this nonmenclature to emphasise the irony of the clones "completing" what they were created to do in their lives. Contrastingly, at the beginning of Gattaca, Vincent was shown to already be living out his dream career. Niccols uses the structure of revealing this at the beginning of the film; instead of showing Vincent’s progression in a linear storyline, to explain how, dissimilarly to Never Let Me Go, fate can be changed. This demonstrates how fate is not dependent on a person’s social standing, but on the persistence and determination that one

One way they are similar is the leaders are conspired against in both stories because they treat people unfairly or acting unlawfully to others by putting others down and treating people like nothing. Another way the stories are similar is a group of people all conspire against a leader of a group. The stories also have many of the same themes throughout, such as jealousy of the leader for being looked at as a god or the most popular. The characters who are most similar are Cassius from Julius Caesar and Janis from Mean Girls. They are similar because they both want to conspire against the leaders out of jealousy. Janis points out Regina, saying, “And evil takes a human form in Regina George,” (Mean Girls). They go on to talk about how bad a person Regina is and how she rules the school. Janis wants to go after Regina because she believes that Regina is not as good as everyone believes her to be.Cassius wants to go after Caesar because he believes that Caesar is just a normal man not a god that should not be

Dystopian literature has made an uprising popularity in the recent years. Lots of audiences like to read about character’s conflicts that have to do with despairing pasts and how they find hope. Most authors have accordingly adapted these themes and made them their own. While the authors have all made their own works, they all describe the same characteristics. For example, the government threatening the citizens and putting them in despair, making them feel as there is no hope in the future society. The outcome of these societies lead to characters having hope and making alliances to make the future better. In George Orwell’s “1984” and Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One,” the societies are very similar and the characters, Winston and Wade,

Ray Bradbury and George Orwell share a very similar theme in their two novels, Fahrenheit 451 and 1984. Winston Smith and Guy Montag work within an authoritarian organization, in which, they have opposing views of the authority. The novels are placed in a dystopian setting that the authority believes is a utopia. The dystopian fictions both have very similar predictions of the future. The predictions from these novels have not happened. However, it could be a short matter of time until the authors predictions on the future become reality.

Popular literature often reflects society’s beliefs and struggles, and dystopian fiction is once again gaining popularity. From Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro to Hulu’s reimagining of The Handmaid’s Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, and all the young adult dystopias in between, one does not have to search far to find a unique dystopian read. While every dystopia is different, these novels have similar characteristics that define their genre.

Contrasting worlds, similar stories. One way which dystopian authors take an idea to an extreme, to highlight issues within our own society. And to warn future generations.

Most people dream to have a great future, fall in love, get married, have a family, but most importantly have a wonderful life. What if your life had been planned out for you and the sole purpose of your existence was to donate your vital organs? Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go is a tragic love story between two human clones that fall in love before they know what love truly is. The clones are raised until adulthood in Hailsham, a boarding school for clones, to later become organ donors. They are trained to become nurses or “carers” to take care of “donors” as they recover after organs have been removed. The clones are involuntary forced to donate all their vital organs until death or until they “complete.” Kathy H. and Tommy are two clones whose love journey began when they were children within the walls of Hailsham. The two friends became close and confided in each other about everything. In time their friendship became into something more; however, Kathy and Tommy would find themselves in a love triangle. Before they moved to the cottages, where they learned to live among normal humans, Ruth, who was Kathy and Tommy’s friend, dated Tommy, but Tommy and Kathy loved each other. Their love would face many obstacles, but their love always found its way back to each other. In the end, with hope to buy their love some time, they find Madame to obtain a deferral but are faced with the devastating truth and would be forced to face their fate.