System In Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go

In Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go the guardians and the system occupied the power role in the society. They had strict orders and they manipulated the students for their own purposes. The student's lives were unlived lives because they knew at a small age about their fate and what they would end up doing when they get out of Hailsham. The system’s orders and judgments ruined the students childhood and introduced them to a dark future. “ I don’t know how it was where you were, but at Hailsham the guardians were really strict about smoking.” (Ishiguro .67) Kathy H. explained how strict the guardians were about the students physical health at the school. Hailsham prohibited smoking, unsafe sex and any dangerous sport. However the system wanted the clones healthy and strong …show more content…
Ishiguro showed that students had to follow the rules with no argue to explain how some people around the world suffer from dehumanization and strict communities and accept it without discussion. In addition the idea of fatalism from the philosophical application theory is linked to the students because they accepted their sad future and the strict rules and did not show any resistance to what was told. Kathy explained that the rules were very strict that anyone who did not attend Hailsham will never understand how harsh the system , besides how the rules were applied as was questioned in the quote.The ideas of power and ruling had a great impact on The British system. Historically the British system was influenced by the concept of social classes, which is people groups are placed in many categories. Mainly there is the house of lords, which are the hereditary upper people and includes the elite