Examples Of Cloning In Never Let Me Go

Cloning people is completely unethical and unacceptable because as seen in Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Marie-Claude and Miss Emily use Hailsham to create these creatures for the sole purpose of harvesting their organs. Tommy, Kathy, and Ruth suffer throughout the novel and struggle to come to terms with their future. In fact, Kathy discusses how, “And even though, as we knew, it was completely impossible for any of us to have babies, out there, we had to behave like them. We had to respect the rules and treat sex as something pretty special” (84). From the beginning, their teachers reveal this cold, hard truth to them. They cannot enjoy the gift of life or the unmatched feeling of love a child can only give his or her parent, as many “normal” people do, because it is impossible for these clones to reproduce. How is it acceptable for Marie-Claude and Miss Emily to strip them of their privilege to procreate, which is the epitome of human nature?
Furthermore, their inability to get pregnant is just a fraction
For instance, Kathy even considers how, “Talk went around of students, somewhere else in the country, getting deferrals because they’d shown they were in love …” (185). Even Tommy and Kathy begin to believe the rumor, in hopes of getting a deferral before the doctors take their organs, and subsequently their lives. Kathy and Tommy should not have to beg Marie-Claude for more time and a longer life. This just illustrates how they would rather spend the rest of their time with their lovers, but instead they must wither away to benefit medicine. In the end, the truth is that creating life in a test tube is unfair to the clones who face a myriad of obstacles from their public to private life, for it all to end in an unavoidable and miserable death. In an effort to further science,