Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go tells the story of three young people in a dystopian version of the near future. Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are not traditional beings; they are clones who were scientifically created for the sole purpose of organ donation. They will each give up their organs until they "complete," which is the euphemistic term used in the novel for the death of the clones. Each of these three characters must, in turn, come to terms with their eventual fate. Ruth, Kathy, and Tommy will all complete once their organs have been harvested and given to acceptable human beings. As children the three attend a boarding school called Hailsham wherein the students are taught nothing in the way of life skills or academic lessons which would lead them to fully functional adulthood. Instead they spend all of their time making art and poetry and engaging in...
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