English Homework- Jamila Mohamed
How does Ishiguro present ideas of mortality in Never Let me Go?
Kazuro Ishiguro's novel "Never Let Me Go" is a book written to address "love and friendship in the face of the bleak fact that we are mortal", as quoted by Ishiguro himself. The theme of morality is very skilfully weaved throughout the novel through the protagonist Kathy: mainly through the novel's structure, Kathy's acceptance of her fate and the images of the weakening bodies of the characters as the novel progresses. Ishiguro's tripartite novel is a conspicuous device that mirrors the human progression from childhood to old age, illustrating the inevitable culmination of the end: the end of the story in which we realise that the novel has …show more content…
The novel is divided into three main parts : the first third being a utopic depiction of life through the eyes of ignorant children in which Hailsham presents them with a 'normal' life' (the golden age); the lives of the clones as middle aged adults in the cottages when they begin to understand their fate (in which the mood shifts and the 'golden age' becomes a more sinister part of their lives) and their lives in the recovery in which they are left to heal after confronting their fate. The mood of the novel seems to shift from ' the sun into the chilly shade', their "golden "childhoods, glorified in "sunshine" lead quickly into their dark, sinister fateful lives highlighting how ultimately, despite how bright and hopeful our lives may have been, in the end we all have to face the fact that we all die alone. The clones end their lives in the cold, monotonous, environment, ironically names "Recovery Centres" ( a euphemism as the clones go their to …show more content…
During his childhood Tommy was an energetic, lively student obessed with football and at the time it was clear that he was "better player than any of that year". At Hailsham, sports wereencouraged and the students were provided with a huge sports pavillion, a place of refure where they could "hide out with your best friends ". As children, sports and the pavillion was what kept them alive and happy it is where they would escape to when they wanted to "get away from the rest of Hailsham". This higlights the importance of the pavillion to the students, the importance of the sports pavillion as it is where they could forget about everthing and escape into a world of games. And it is the pavillion that ultimately reminds Kathy of her childhood. When she would see a pavillion whilst driving she would "keep looking over to it for as long as possible" possibly trying to escape back into it ,prooving the significance of sports in the lives of the children. However as the novel progresses and Tommy deteriorates as he enters 'completion' there is a vast contrast to the energetic Tommy of the past and that of the present as he is no longer able to "play the game at which he so excelled" which sadly demonstrates his decline. As he begins recovery he begins to quickly deteriorate and he is soon confined to a bed and "often (falling asleep) in the late afternoon.".
How does Ishiguro present ideas of mortality in Never Let me Go?
Kazuro Ishiguro's novel "Never Let Me Go" is a book written to address "love and friendship in the face of the bleak fact that we are mortal", as quoted by Ishiguro himself. The theme of morality is very skilfully weaved throughout the novel through the protagonist Kathy: mainly through the novel's structure, Kathy's acceptance of her fate and the images of the weakening bodies of the characters as the novel progresses. Ishiguro's tripartite novel is a conspicuous device that mirrors the human progression from childhood to old age, illustrating the inevitable culmination of the end: the end of the story in which we realise that the novel has …show more content…
The novel is divided into three main parts : the first third being a utopic depiction of life through the eyes of ignorant children in which Hailsham presents them with a 'normal' life' (the golden age); the lives of the clones as middle aged adults in the cottages when they begin to understand their fate (in which the mood shifts and the 'golden age' becomes a more sinister part of their lives) and their lives in the recovery in which they are left to heal after confronting their fate. The mood of the novel seems to shift from ' the sun into the chilly shade', their "golden "childhoods, glorified in "sunshine" lead quickly into their dark, sinister fateful lives highlighting how ultimately, despite how bright and hopeful our lives may have been, in the end we all have to face the fact that we all die alone. The clones end their lives in the cold, monotonous, environment, ironically names "Recovery Centres" ( a euphemism as the clones go their to …show more content…
During his childhood Tommy was an energetic, lively student obessed with football and at the time it was clear that he was "better player than any of that year". At Hailsham, sports wereencouraged and the students were provided with a huge sports pavillion, a place of refure where they could "hide out with your best friends ". As children, sports and the pavillion was what kept them alive and happy it is where they would escape to when they wanted to "get away from the rest of Hailsham". This higlights the importance of the pavillion to the students, the importance of the sports pavillion as it is where they could forget about everthing and escape into a world of games. And it is the pavillion that ultimately reminds Kathy of her childhood. When she would see a pavillion whilst driving she would "keep looking over to it for as long as possible" possibly trying to escape back into it ,prooving the significance of sports in the lives of the children. However as the novel progresses and Tommy deteriorates as he enters 'completion' there is a vast contrast to the energetic Tommy of the past and that of the present as he is no longer able to "play the game at which he so excelled" which sadly demonstrates his decline. As he begins recovery he begins to quickly deteriorate and he is soon confined to a bed and "often (falling asleep) in the late afternoon.".