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Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go novel depict a dystopian society where it happens to deal with the question of what it is to be human. Never Let Me Go tells the story of a society where individuals are cloned and excluded from the outside real world in order to provide organs for their normal counterparts and thus live relatively short lives. Though in the novel, the clones or students aim to always attain happiness and are conditioned to be content within their place in social hierarchy even though they are well aware of their predetermined fate. Though deviation of any kind such as just displaying emotions and appreciation for the arts is seen as a threat to the societal stability, it is still present. Although Never Let Me Go approach …show more content…
The novel does not give the reader a futuristic feel, but better yet the novel happens to focus on the experience of the narrator and her fellow clones rather than focusing on the scientific aspect of their creation and the society. Though the reader is not told throughout most of the story what the main characters really are, we discover that they are actually a product of cloning, which has become a normal part of their society at the time. Thus meaning, society is fully aware that clones are being made and kept, and they also know that they are being used a means to extend the human lifespan. At this time, clones are made from existing humans in a society led by “a government program that pursues cures for cancer and heart disease with organs extracted” from these beings. Just by reading to understand this part alone tells us that the government hardly considers the clones to have any sort of rights, not even human rights, from the moment they were created. Simply put, they were treated merely as medical products used to harvest organs that would increase the health of the greater population. The constitution protects humans, yet did not protect these clones from being treated as lab rats. Because the clones were not naturally produced, but instead created inside of a government lab, simply clones are not considered humane, and were therefore treated
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go novel depict a dystopian society where it happens to deal with the question of what it is to be human. Never Let Me Go tells the story of a society where individuals are cloned and excluded from the outside real world in order to provide organs for their normal counterparts and thus live relatively short lives. Though in the novel, the clones or students aim to always attain happiness and are conditioned to be content within their place in social hierarchy even though they are well aware of their predetermined fate. Though deviation of any kind such as just displaying emotions and appreciation for the arts is seen as a threat to the societal stability, it is still present. Although Never Let Me Go approach …show more content…
The novel does not give the reader a futuristic feel, but better yet the novel happens to focus on the experience of the narrator and her fellow clones rather than focusing on the scientific aspect of their creation and the society. Though the reader is not told throughout most of the story what the main characters really are, we discover that they are actually a product of cloning, which has become a normal part of their society at the time. Thus meaning, society is fully aware that clones are being made and kept, and they also know that they are being used a means to extend the human lifespan. At this time, clones are made from existing humans in a society led by “a government program that pursues cures for cancer and heart disease with organs extracted” from these beings. Just by reading to understand this part alone tells us that the government hardly considers the clones to have any sort of rights, not even human rights, from the moment they were created. Simply put, they were treated merely as medical products used to harvest organs that would increase the health of the greater population. The constitution protects humans, yet did not protect these clones from being treated as lab rats. Because the clones were not naturally produced, but instead created inside of a government lab, simply clones are not considered humane, and were therefore treated