Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Nothing is explained
In Never Let Me Go, so many things are left unexplained or just touched on and then not brought back. Some examples are the essay at the cottages, the war Madame talks about, whether "possibles" actually exist, what the little symbols are, and obviously the biggest is where the organs are going to/ what they're used for. I waited until after we finished to say this because I figured at least a few of these would be answered, which obviously did not happen. If only a few of these didn't get answered it would be ok, and might even make the book better, but since there are so many questions it makes it a worse book in my opinion. Even a short epilogue that would give the reader some closure would be fine, but we don't get anything like that.
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I agree that this is kind of frustrating, but at the same time I can see why Ishiguro would want to leave some things unanswered. Kathy and Tommy never learn these things either, and by putting the reader into the same place where the main characters are I think it was easier to connect to them and their emotional struggles. Not only were they unaware of these things in life, Ruth and Tommy never figured a lot of things before dying, and it is doubtful that Kathy will fare much better. Their lives are left incomplete; they could have done so much more and understanding their place in the world would have been a part of that. It is annoying that we don't know these things, personally I think the symbols should have been given some clearer meaning, but the sense we as readers get from being cut short before we had experienced anything emulates what the students have to go through.
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