Never Let Me Go

Kingsolver makes reference to Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” through Adah. “When Miss Dickinson says, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” … I have pictured it many times—Hope!—wondering how I would catch such a thing one-handed, if it did come floating down to me from the sky,” (185). Kingsolver incorporating this poem into her novel adds insight into the thoughts and feelings of Adah, who is one of the most important characters. By adding this quote, Kingsolver helps correlate the symbolism in the poem to the text by showing that hope can be represented by a bird which can be delicate this can be compared to what some of the characters put their hope into.

This gives the reader the ability to elicit something meaningful from the book. The reader may pull from the story that life is not simple for everyone in the world, and that they should realize that some people have a hard time growing up because of the situation they are in. Children who grow up with a substantial amount of money in a stable home have opportunities that the Walls children did not. Some may wonder what they are having for dinner, while children in situations similar to the Walls may wonder if they can afford food for dinner. Despite all of the negativity and hardships in Walls’s life, she still turned out to be a successful women. After visualizing the terrible circumstances the Walls family was under, the reader can pull from the story that one may defy an inferior situation and build a better

Instead, Ishiguro introduced the readers to the creation’s point of view. The novel portrayed them as beings with complex humanness rather than mindless monsters, preventing them from being reduced to simple antagonist. The trio - Kathy, Ruth and Tommy - are students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school for cloned children whom were born and raised solely for the purpose of organ donations. Never Let Me Go whisks the reader into an alternative world of 1990’s England and into the lives of these children, a world filled with much light yet as much darkness. What hides behind this boarding school was deceit and manipulation. While there was art and literature classes, all education was geared towards conditioning the students to fulfill their predetermined responsibility - the sole task of organ donation. The children have no concrete knowledge outside the walls of Hailsham as they were sheltered from the brutal reality of their fate. However at the same time, sheltered from the alienation and fear of their existence. To the outside world, they were nothing more than a disposable vessel carrying replacement organs. Thus, frightening to those who didn’t hold the same fate. But, also not “human enough” to deserve human rights. This results to the perplexity of the trio as they are torn between the identity they established themselves and the identity the world defines them as. Yet no one attempted to question or escape this parasitism relationship. Or is it simply because one acclimates to their environment? But perhaps no amount of pondering or pursuit of another dream could ever change the inevitable outcome. After all, it is society that ultimately decides their fate: creation of life and loss of life. Even the children maintain this

She was thinking about the future for her kids, so she sent them to a private school. Joy was probably imagining what life could for her and her kids when moving. It was brave of Joy to move because she was struggling being a single parent after her husband died so using her imagination motivated her to think about moving on and enjoying life. In the other Wes Moore’s case however, he used his imagination for the wrong reasons, getting himself sentenced to life in prison. From this point Wes Moore finally realizes that his decisions couldn’t be changed. His mother Mary tried and tried to help Wes, but it just wasn’t working out. Imagination can make people wondering what their lives will be like in years to come. In Wes Moore’s case, although he had some rough patches in the road, he overcame them and saw life in a better way than before. Unfortunately for the other Wes Moore, he used imagination for the wrong reasons which led him to face life in prison. Sometimes we as people don’t think about the decisions we make right then and there, and in some cases this could be good, but in others it may be

Vonnegut used this theme to reveal new concepts and ideas to his readers. He included free will across the entire story line which helps his readers to better understand what free will is. By using Billy Pilgrim’s personal life, the Tralfamadorians, and references to Christianity, Vonnegut shows how free will is presumed to different types of people. Free will is important in understanding the story, because it is a vital theme and makes contributions to the story Vonnegut wants to

The mother of the boy in the novel had given up all faith of God saving her; she ends her life with suicide. Before she does she states:” I don’t dream at all…I am done with my own whorish heart and I have for a long time….As for me my only is for eternal nothingness and I hope it with all my heart”(57). The mothers’ views on God is not understood, but this extract clearly shows at one time she had hope in her

Throughout Kazu Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go, he choices to depict children as outsiders to the world which can be furthered by the setting in Britain’s countryside because it helps give a sense distance from true reality. In the framework throughout his novel Ishiguro focuses on three main characters Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy. These three students are seen by others to have an advantage because they were lucky enough to be raised at Hailsham by the guardians. Over the watchful eye of the Guardians the children were able to grow accustom to being different than others. This can be seen when the characters all mature and grow after they leave Hailsham and become accustomed to life at the cottages. There newly found freedoms at the

“Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It's what they've chosen” (Lowry 103). Imagine a world with no control over who you marry, what your job is, what you wear, or what you get to eat for every meal. This is what it’s like in The Giver by Lois Lowry. The people live in a community that is severely more controlled than ours. We have the freedom to have a pet, have as many kids as you want, and say what you want. The people in The Giver do not have those freedoms. The people in the community don’t even know what love is. In our world love is each individual’s choice, but not in The Giver. In other words, they don’t get to experience the precious parts of life, such has having a wedding and giving birth to your child. No society is perfect, but citizens of every community have an

Never Let Me Go is a prime example of moral conflicts in today’s society. While these issues are currently invalid in today’s current science world, the future in this may increase the potentials of what the world may be in a few years. This novel provides numerous moral conflicts: friendship, cloning, organ donations, conformity and honesty. The morals are not clearly clear cut, but they are hidden to point that a reader can be guided for to find morality. Just because the opportunity such as “cloning” and the possible advancement of it doesn’t necessarily mean society should enhance the

The absence of hope is shown through the mother's death and the dull setting of the novel. The mother is an example of how her absents of hope caused her death. “As for me my only hope is for eternal nothingness and i hope it with all my heart“(57). The mother said this in a flashback the man had after the boy said he wanted to be with her. This show that she knows that if they stay, they will be raped, killed, and perhaps eaten and she would rather commit suicide than let that happen to her. This matters because humans need to have something to live for in something in order to achieve a goal. Another example of an absenceof hope is the setting

The novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro highlights the confinement of the clones from the outside world, which restricts them from greater knowledge about the world past Hailsham. Ishiguro focuses on the theme freedom, confinement, and fate several times in his novel. For the duration of the novel, the clones of Hailsham make no effort to escape as they have learned to accept their fate. They are restricted from this thought because they have subjected to fulfill their purpose, their lack of knowledge about the society past Hailsham world and they are overwhelmed by the idea of the outside world.

The result is, as praised by Jonas’ family unit, that the decisions the Elders make are never incorrect or unsuitable. They seem omniscient, and this strengthens their claim to power, their right to make decisions for the whole community as they are excellent at it. As has been shown above, the novel contains various forms of oppression. In order for “people” to express their individuality and humanity, freedom of choice is essential. Dehumanization is observed in The Giver’s society, and life within the communities becomes deformed, manipulated, and far from being a utopia. Infact, due to all the dehumanization, fear, surveillance and inequality shown in this society, it now strongly resembles dystopian one.

I feel that this novel was written in a way for Kathy to process what had happened in her early childhood life as a child at Hailsham and then works towards building an understanding of her life as a carer and a future donor. Kathy also writes from the perspective that the audience knows what she is talking about in terms of not defining what carers and donors are which is a cue Ishiguro gives that lets the reader understand her perspective. In the moments when Kathy was talking about her time at Hailsham, Ishiguro would have Kathy talk in a way that was trying to clarify what she already knew. For example, on page 19 Kathy said, “Miss Geraldine was everyone’s favorite. She was gentle, soft-spoken, and always comforted you when you needed it, even when you’d done something bad, or been told off by another guardian.” Ishiguro provides these details through Kathy to explain how the life that these children experienced at schools such as Hailsham was something that only the people who have been through it can truly

Individuality is one of the key components of reaching the utopian standard. However, in The Giver, the community rejects the idea of individuality and instead focuses on developing Sameness, therefore initiating a form of control by allowing them to not express their own personality to shine, and alternately forcing them to contort into these soft putty-shaped beings with zero individuality at all. Conversations between Jonas and The Giver that occur throughout the novel informs the audience that the community lacks a sense of uniqueness and results in an absence of options to choose from.

Never Let Me Go is an incredibly intense novel, filled with many emotional scenes. Ultimately, it includes the perfect examples of a full-blown identity crisis. The children raised at Hailsham are desperate to understand the purpose of their own lives, bodies, and minds. The children attain a sense of identity through their treasured collections, creativity, artwork and delicate social structures.