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Never Let Me Go Clones
In the book, Never Let Me Go, and the movie, The Island, the main topics are clones whose purpose is to donate organs. The story of Never Let Me Go, written by Kazuo Ishiguro, begins with thirty-one-year-old Kathy H. She now works as a carer, to help people after their organ donations. She often reminisces about her time spent at Hailsham. In The Island, Lincoln Six Echo and Jordan Two Delta live in an isolated institute with other clones. What makes the institute in The Island different from Hailsham is that at Hailsham, the students know they are clones, meanwhile, the people who are in the institute do not.
Hailsham is a fictional boarding school in England. Hailsham students, and others like them, are clones. They are created to provide vital organs for donation. They go through cycles of donations, and once their organs are harvested, they 'complete'
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He explains that all the facility residents are clones of their “sponsors”. McCord provides the name of Lincoln's sponsor, Tom Lincoln, who lives in Los Angeles.
Lincoln's sponsor gives him some explanation about the institute. Tom agrees to help Lincoln and Jordan but secretly contacts the institute, who sends guards to capture the clones. Lincoln tricks the guards into killing Tom, allowing him to use Tom's identity.
Lincoln and Jordan plan to free the other clones. Posing as Tom, Lincoln returns to the facility. Jordan allows herself to be caught to assist Lincoln in his plan. The clones are freed, seeing the outside world for the first time.
I think that Hailsham is the more humane society. For example, the adults at Hailsham always tell the truth to the students and never give them false hope. While in The Island, the clones are under the impression that the island is a good place for them to go to, even though it is not. Second, it is better to be able to donate to more people than just your sponsor, like the clones do in Never Let Me

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