A Ethical Analysis of Never Let Me Go

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Book Review1

Analysis3

Ethical Influences3

Historical Influences4

Health Policy Influences5

Legal Influences6

Conclusion7

References8

An Ethical Analysis of Never Let Me Go

Introduction

This paper aims to highlight the narrative of the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005). This paper begins with a detailed self-review of the novel itself, followed by an ethical analysis that will include four implications of legal, ethical, policy, and historical related to the story discussed in light of real world practicality, and if any lesson can be derived by the narrative of the book.

Book Review

Never Let Me Go is the sixth novel written by the booker-prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, published in 2005. Primarily termed as work of science fiction, this coming of age tale seems otherwise for the reader. The story's backdrop is set in the late twentieth century English countryside revolving around three friends who have known each other since early childhood, named Ruth, Tommy and Kathy, where Kathy narrates it in the first person. These characters grow and become friends in a boarding school named Hailsham, where they are encouraged to learn and thrive in arts and sports. The children refer the principal and other senior teachers of this school as Madame and guardians. A secure environment that a quality educational institute usually provides surrounds these children along with the main characters, yet as the reader progresses through the book it becomes clear that this is no ordinary educational institute (Ishiguro, 2005).

The students of Hailsham, are reared with belief to become future organ donors when they grow up, rather, they have accepted their dooming faith with confidence and enthusiasm so much so that it could be liken to the fact as if such type of nurturing was a norm. This desolate truth of their existence does not have as much impending impact on the earlier lives of the main characters. The story centers on how Kathy, a young insightful caring girl befriends an isolated and aggressive Tommy, while Ruth, who is a close friend of Kathy, becomes jealous of the budding relationship between Kathy and Tommy. Eventually, Ruth succeeds in setting Tommy and Kathy apart for many years to come, while Kathy does not confront Ruth but voluntarily distances herself from both of them (Ishiguro, 2005).

The story then progresses to future where Kathy, Ruth and Tommy have finished school and are shifting together to a waiting facility called cottages where they live until the time each would receive their donation schedule. Sharing the cottage with a couple who are in a relationship, the three main characters learn about deferral. This is an exemption where individuals who are in love and are able to convince the authorities of their true feelings, get some years extra before their first donor operation. It was during that period that Ruth discovers her original, which obviously reveals that all the children at Hailsham, and other similar schools are clones of anonymous individuals. With time both Kathy and Ruth confront each other regarding their bitter ...