Never Let Me Go Conformity

In Never Let Me Go, clones have a predestined course towards completing and although they may wish to change their fate they do not act on it because of an overwhelming and subconscious desire to conform and blend with society and their peers which has been instilled on them as they were developed. While Ishiguro doesn’t show what the consequence would be for not following the course that is expected of you, Proulx displays in her novel Brokeback Mountain how nonconformity is met with resistance and violence. This nonconformity displayed in Brokeback Mountain comes from how the characters were raised. Jack and Ennis even between themselves are different as to the degree that they are willing conform and not conform in certain situations. This is because between themselves they experienced different upbringings. …show more content…
Ishiguro points toward early development, education, and social atmosphere as the deciding factors as to whether or not someone will conform to society. It may seem that clones are naturally conformists, they are copies of another person and are made to be similar, but they’re human and their development is what determines their conformity not the nature of what they are. Proulx furthers this point with natural people, Jack and Ennis. Faced with a world that may reject homosexuality and what Jack and Ennis feel for each other, both of them resist the choice to conform. They act in ways others wouldn’t and against what society wants of them. Just as Icarus flew to close to the sun, Jack resisted conformity and society to the point where he was killed for his decision. Jack and Ennis didn’t want to endanger themselves or upset others, but because they were brought up individually and with less restrictions than the clones had, they knew it was possible to resist conformity and that in some cases conformity wasn’t