The Morality Of Cloning In Never Let Me Go

The quote “Knowing and living with the knowledge that one must die,”- means that death cannot be avoided. In some cases, we can delay death but eventually the reality is that we will all experience mortality. The director, Mark Romanek of ‘Never Let Me Go’ exhibits his views of individuals who are stripped from their personalities and are named as insignificant duplicates. The futuristic film, set in England in the mid-1990’s, portrays a dreary world where cloning is socially accepted with the end goal of being organ donors for other ‘legitimate individuals’. Ishiguro reinforces the idea of love and how it is vital to our existence. As well as this, they are fated to live, but having one purpose which is to save others while abiding to the …show more content…
The meaning of clones is merely an instrument for those that need a donation. Many people say that life is a willing command unless you 're compelled to acknowledge your destiny for which is spoken to in the film. Despite the fact that the characters weren 't perceived as ‘people’ in the public, they were able to save others - and that is the significance of life - to not be acknowledged for who you are, but rather what you have done. ‘You need to remember that. If you’re having decent lives, you have to know who you are and what lies ahead of you, every one of you.’ – said by Miss Emily, in the film Never Let Me Go. She announces to the class that they won 't grow up to be ‘actors’ or 'move to America ' and ‘work in the supermarkets’. This scene explores the truth around the clones and the audience finally understands what is happening; but the students aren’t surprised. In fact, are truly aware. Ruth spits at Kathy, saying that they’re ‘modelled’ on ‘trash’ or ‘junkies’ and will eventually donate their ‘vital organs’ since that is the ‘only way [they] will live decent lives’. However, a low angle shot of Miss Lucy makes her look powerful, telling the truth without hesitation and having the students look up to her. She emphasizes that to be human; we have the right to make our own decisions, to have ambitions and dreams. Kathy once questioned why ‘[their] lives are so different from the people [they] save’. The idea of how self-determination of an individual can have a significant effect on the lives of others by taking away their free will, how freedom of others affects our own free will. Just like in the film, the outside people puppet the lives of the clones and their fates, and how Ruth’s character uses her free will to control and manipulate the lives of her friend