Never Let Me Go
Richard Connolly
ENG 112-883
Professor, Kobylinski
I am almost positive that the heading goes on the other side but you can check the rubic just to make sure.
Essay# 1 In the novel, Never Let Me Go, written by Kazuo Ishiguro a woman by the name of Kathy H narrates the retelling of her life experiences and her childhood. The novel begins with a nostalgic look at the past. The setting is England in the late seventies to mid-nineties. Kathy describes Hailsham as an amazingly ornate and beautiful school. In the novel it states that being a Hailsham student, “Which is enough by itself sometime to get people’s backs up. Kathy H., they say she gets to pick and choose, and she always chooses her own kind people from Hailsham, or one of the other privileged estates.” (Pg. 11) However, Kathy was only able to choose her donors during the second half of her tenure as a carer.
Kathy has a unique position, where she cares for the donors that she grew up with. For instance, Ruth is her lost childhood friend, who she rekindles her relationship with once she begins the donation process. Kathy is able to do this with Tommy, as well. While growing up Kathy found herself in the middle of a love triangle where she cared for both Tommy and Ruth, but wanted Tommy for herself. Tommy and Ruth were together as kids continuing to young adults. Kathy was always on the outside looking in on their relationship.
It was at the Cottages where Kathy was able to volunteer to become a carer and she had the privilege of meeting other donors from other schools. In regard to the Cottages it says, “Eight of us who left Hailsham that summer ended up at the Cottages Others went to the White Mansion in the Welsh hills, or to Poplar Farm in Dorset.” (Pg. 274)The residents who weren’t from Hailsham heard elaborate lies and exaggerations about the privileges.
Kathy reunites with Ruth upon finding out that she is struggling after her second donation. The two then insist on finding Tommy
ENG 112-883
Professor, Kobylinski
I am almost positive that the heading goes on the other side but you can check the rubic just to make sure.
Essay# 1 In the novel, Never Let Me Go, written by Kazuo Ishiguro a woman by the name of Kathy H narrates the retelling of her life experiences and her childhood. The novel begins with a nostalgic look at the past. The setting is England in the late seventies to mid-nineties. Kathy describes Hailsham as an amazingly ornate and beautiful school. In the novel it states that being a Hailsham student, “Which is enough by itself sometime to get people’s backs up. Kathy H., they say she gets to pick and choose, and she always chooses her own kind people from Hailsham, or one of the other privileged estates.” (Pg. 11) However, Kathy was only able to choose her donors during the second half of her tenure as a carer.
Kathy has a unique position, where she cares for the donors that she grew up with. For instance, Ruth is her lost childhood friend, who she rekindles her relationship with once she begins the donation process. Kathy is able to do this with Tommy, as well. While growing up Kathy found herself in the middle of a love triangle where she cared for both Tommy and Ruth, but wanted Tommy for herself. Tommy and Ruth were together as kids continuing to young adults. Kathy was always on the outside looking in on their relationship.
It was at the Cottages where Kathy was able to volunteer to become a carer and she had the privilege of meeting other donors from other schools. In regard to the Cottages it says, “Eight of us who left Hailsham that summer ended up at the Cottages Others went to the White Mansion in the Welsh hills, or to Poplar Farm in Dorset.” (Pg. 274)The residents who weren’t from Hailsham heard elaborate lies and exaggerations about the privileges.
Kathy reunites with Ruth upon finding out that she is struggling after her second donation. The two then insist on finding Tommy