Theme Of Cloning In Never Let Me Go

The word “clone” as a noun is defined as: one that appears to be a copy of an original form (Merriam-Webster). In Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, clones are schooled and sheltered until they are ready to be carers progressing into organ donors. On that note, many questions have surfaced targeting whether or not cloning is considered ethical treatment or just an inhumane act from the human race. Kazuo Ishiguro stresses human rights and the ethical treatment of clone persons throughout his novel Never Let Me Go through his uses of narrative and literary devices in order to give the audience a feel for this subject. Cloning is the major subject of the novel itself. The narrator of the novel is a woman named Kathy H. beginning with information about her

Cloning can be interpreted from numerous perspectives. Some may argue that it is beneficial, while others may state that “it only fulfills the selfish interest of a creation” (Pearson 3). Cloning shows the harshness some are able to put into action due to the end results. Most clones do not live quite that long, yet they are scrutinized as if they are some freak of nature since some do not consider them human since society tends to judge people and things on appearances instead of how things truly are. However, clones inherit the same genes as the individuals in which they are cloned from resulting in originality regardless of artificiality (Aurelia 2). In Never Let Me Go, the students’ originality and creativity are shown mainly through their art classes because their work is collected by Madame and Miss Emily at Hailsham. The reasoning behind having Hailsham is to provide more comfort to the clones as they are prepared to be picked apart little by little (Ishiguro 261). However, cloning still does not seem reasonable regardless of what the effort is to make them comfortable. As the subject of cloning becomes more disputable, everyone seems to have their own input on

Since Kathy H. is the narrator of the novel, the audience will see everything that occurs from her point of view. Kathy’s character is Ishiguro’s portal to the audience. Most of the opinions Ishiguro desires to disseminate will be said from Kathy, but in some cases, he gives his opinion through Miss Lucy and Miss Emily as well. As Ishiguro urged for moral rights for clones, he imposed his opinion through Miss Lucy from the line, “the problem, as I see it, is that you’ve been told and not told” (81). This shows that Ishiguro would prefer that the students know why they are at Hailsham, and what they will grow up to be since the have been given a chosen destiny-to be organ donors. As the novel continues, the audience starts to feel more sympathy for these clones due to Ishiguro’s use of pathos to connect the novel to the audience’s emotions more. The vivid visual imagery also helps the audience image what the clones are actually going through and seeing as well. Emphasis on the cloning process is portrayed mainly through imagery, and pathos due to audience-character