The Remains

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…

Ishi lost two friends in an attempt to cross a stream, and his mother died from natural cases or cold. Ishi relates that he held her to keep her warm before she passed away. Other members of his tribe were hung, shot and in the Green Cave massacred. Throughout his life Ishi lost members of his tribe to white settlers. 2. What adjustments did Ishi need to make in order to live in a twentieth-century California city? Ishi wore modern clothes and learned to use silver ware, and worked at the…

The initial impression Stevens in The Remains of the Day is that of an emotionless instrument of his master lacking the ability to make decisions or even feel emotions for himself. This image evolves as Stevens reminisces about his life-long career as a butler; as the initial image of an emotionless and servile Stevens is broken down, it becomes less clear for the reader whether or not Stevens’ role as a butler truly accomplished anything worthwhile. For Stevens, life is regulated by…

pleasure for another that you may find more rewarding and meaningful to you. Making these difficult decisions can torture and consume the mind of an individual, but repressing these feelings is necessary to gain fulfillment—pain for pleasure. In The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro, an English butler, Mr. Stevens, faces the difficult choice of pursuing the one he loves,…

The documentary We Shall Remain shows us that the relationship between the two groups wasn’t always troublesome. In the documentary, we see Native Americans helping out the Europeans adapt to the tough conditions of the land and offering them hunting tips, and in return the Europeans…

subconsciously intaking the intended deeper meaning (**cite). Though he did not overtly state that this is a strategy he employs, one can argue that his work is rich with these “double cross metaphors.” One example that stands out in particular is The Remains of the Day, a seemingly straightforward tale about a butler reminiscing upon his profession and the glory days of butlery as a whole. However, Ishiguro…

Uplifting hope and disparaging downfall are exhibited in Tracy Kidder’s, “Strength in What Remains”. The mere title hints towards the thematic significance of the book,showing how the main character picks up the best from the dismal situation. The novel traces the life of a Burundian man, Deo, who escapes a political genocide in his country and is forced to reside in country completely foreign. Building up from the bottom, with no english and no resources under his belt, Deo manages to acquire…

reading until now. Growing up I’ve always heard “the more you read, the more you know.” I found that rather cliché but I have come to find that it is the truth. In the essay “The Freedom Education Brings,” by Timmika Ross and the article “Reading Remains The Key To Success,” by Alonzo Weston “the more you read the more you know,” is shown to be true. I remember when I first started reading, and the struggles I faced, which really has taught me to understand how important reading and literacy is.…

do have laws in place that limit a woman’s ability to obtain an abortion. Abortion has remained a controversial topic since it first became illegal in the 1800’s. Prochoice and prolife activists continue to argue over whether or not abortion should remain legal. My personal stance on abortion is the belief that all women deserve to have the reproductive rights the constitution provides them with, allowing for legal abortion without a court’s decision throughout all nine months of pregnancy.…

especially personality disorders, in which most of the characters are murderers or suspects suffering from dissociative identity disorder or antisocial personality disorder, formally known as psychopathic disorder. One episode titled, “All That Remains” encompasses a family whose daughters go missing the same way their mother did the previous year. The father, Bruce, is a writer and seems to be as content as possible though trying to get over the unsolved case of his missing wife ("Bruce…