Never Let Me Go Literary Analysis

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“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat” (Ralph Ellison). One may only live a life as human by getting through the obstacles of life. There is a contrast between living a controlled life and living life freely. A life where it is controlled for an individual is furtherly restricted in the crucial aspects in life as in decision making. Living freely can be expressed by having more of a say in your own life, moreover, being able to go about without anyone coming in the way. In “Never Let Me Go” written by a Japanese-born writer, Kazuo Ishiguro, gets the story of Kathy H. across in her perspective as she refers to her life as being a clone. “Never Let Me Go” consists of many remarks that connect the story to a dystopian society through rendering a life for clones in a way where they cannot say what will happen to them throughout their lifespan. …show more content…

Still, Ishiguro managed to place all of those aspects into one to form a story. In the novel, the idea of cloning was revealed after the Second World War, when a breakthrough of cures managed to advance. The story was between a timespan of the 1960’s to the 1990’s, the reasoning why Ishiguro chose to write based on this interval was his lack in interest of the writing relating to the future. Therefore, Ishiguro chose to write the story in the past just like the rest of his books. The clones in “Never Let Me Go” do not get a chance at living their life without restrictions, they are limited throughout their lifespan. Cloning ought to be avoided as it is an abnormal style of living, along with clones being retained from the outside of their boundaries, and the fact that their future is set up for them no matter how they may feel about

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