Liam Chavez
Mr. Barbin
Honors English 10
18 September 2017
Humans seem to perceive the world delusionally: like it is a mirage, and they disregard the truth because they do not want their perception of the world shattered. People are ignorant. There is no single idea of humanity that every person shares. People look the other way. People believe in abolishing poverty. People believe in putting an end to disease. People believe that technology is the driving force that will be beneficial to everyone. In Kazuo Ishiguro’s, Never Let Me Go, the large boarding school home to the human clones, Kathy and Tommy, known as Hailsham, exists to raise these clones who have been brought into the world for the sole purpose of supplying their organs to non-clones. …show more content…
Miss Lucy tells a group of students that, “...the problem, as [she sees] it, is that [they’ve] been told and not told. [They’ve] been told, but none of [them] really understand…[that] some people are quite happy to leave it that way. But [Miss Lucy is] not.” (Ishiguro 81). Miss Lucy continues to tell the students that their future is not how they dreamed, as they will not be getting a job or become famous one day. Miss Lucy explains to the students that they are different to her and to everyone else as their “lives are set out for [them],... [and to] live decent lives, [they] have to know who [they] are and what lies ahead of [them]” (Ishiguro 81). She also breaks the news to the students that they have their futures decided for them, and were brought into the world for one purpose: to donate their organs. This leaves the atmosphere and mood still as everyone is astonished by the announcement from Miss Lucy. She has brought a sense of reality to the lives of the students, yet bringing along a dingy and dismal outlook for her students. Miss Lucy uses the word “you” frequently when talking to her students, which shows how she attempts to show that she is actually human, whereas the students are “sub-human” in her eyes. Without Miss Lucy, the students at Hailsham would not have found out about their future lives. Her revelation for the students results in her dismissal from Hailsham due to the knowledge she imparted on the students. Although the other guardians at Hailsham do not seem to comprehend Miss Lucy’s purpose in breaking the news to the students, Miss Lucy finds it is actually more humane for Hailsham guardians to inform the students of their futures, rather than hide the key to their
Mr. Barbin
Honors English 10
18 September 2017
Humans seem to perceive the world delusionally: like it is a mirage, and they disregard the truth because they do not want their perception of the world shattered. People are ignorant. There is no single idea of humanity that every person shares. People look the other way. People believe in abolishing poverty. People believe in putting an end to disease. People believe that technology is the driving force that will be beneficial to everyone. In Kazuo Ishiguro’s, Never Let Me Go, the large boarding school home to the human clones, Kathy and Tommy, known as Hailsham, exists to raise these clones who have been brought into the world for the sole purpose of supplying their organs to non-clones. …show more content…
Miss Lucy tells a group of students that, “...the problem, as [she sees] it, is that [they’ve] been told and not told. [They’ve] been told, but none of [them] really understand…[that] some people are quite happy to leave it that way. But [Miss Lucy is] not.” (Ishiguro 81). Miss Lucy continues to tell the students that their future is not how they dreamed, as they will not be getting a job or become famous one day. Miss Lucy explains to the students that they are different to her and to everyone else as their “lives are set out for [them],... [and to] live decent lives, [they] have to know who [they] are and what lies ahead of [them]” (Ishiguro 81). She also breaks the news to the students that they have their futures decided for them, and were brought into the world for one purpose: to donate their organs. This leaves the atmosphere and mood still as everyone is astonished by the announcement from Miss Lucy. She has brought a sense of reality to the lives of the students, yet bringing along a dingy and dismal outlook for her students. Miss Lucy uses the word “you” frequently when talking to her students, which shows how she attempts to show that she is actually human, whereas the students are “sub-human” in her eyes. Without Miss Lucy, the students at Hailsham would not have found out about their future lives. Her revelation for the students results in her dismissal from Hailsham due to the knowledge she imparted on the students. Although the other guardians at Hailsham do not seem to comprehend Miss Lucy’s purpose in breaking the news to the students, Miss Lucy finds it is actually more humane for Hailsham guardians to inform the students of their futures, rather than hide the key to their